[4] Work at a cinema showing international films piqued his interest in Fellini arias, Sicilian funeral brass, and Balkan music.

[7] Condon attended community college for a short period, then traveled to Europe at the age of 17 with his older brother, Ryan.

The DVD Cheap Magic Inside was shot but quickly sold out; in December 2010, Beirut, Ba Da Bing, and La Blogothèque authorized its dissemination via digital download[17] The Flying Club Cup has a score of 80 on Metacritic, meaning it is received generally favorable reviews.

[20] Condon explained the cancellations in a post on the official Beirut website, stating that he wanted to put the effort into ensuring that any shows would be "as good as humanly possible".

In early June 2011, amid touring the United States, Beirut announced that their newest album, The Rip Tide, which had been recorded the previous winter in upstate New York,[23][24] was to be released on August 30.

[23][25] The band simultaneously released the single "East Harlem" (first recorded on Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg), with the B-side "Goshen".

The album was recorded following a period of turmoil in Condon's life, facing a divorce and having been admitted into a hospital in Australia for exhaustion following extensive touring.

As songwriting progressed to the studio, Gabe Wax (the producer of No No No) was brought in to help usher in the particular sonic qualities of Gallipoli, which consisted of pushing every instrument and sound to its "near breaking point" (much as he did years ago with the old, broken Farisa organ), by channeling instruments through broken amplifiers, tape machines and PA systems.

[33] Recording commenced in fall 2017, after travels through Europe, at Sudestudio in Guagnano, Italy, with the help of studio owner Stefano Manca.

Gallipoli was completed with final vocals, mixing and mastering happening at both Condon's apartment and Vox Ton studios in Berlin, Germany.

Condon also plays the piston trumpet, euphonium, mandolin, accordion, various keyboard instruments, and a modified conch shell that appears on The Flying Club Cup.

Soft Landing was a project started by Beirut members Paul Collins (bass) and Perrin Cloutier (accordion) and Mike Lawless.

[44] Their eponymous debut album was released on October 12, 2010 on Ba Da Bing records,[45] and has been described as "a pop version of Beirut"[46] and freak-folk,[47] with a heavy emphasis on dance beats and sheer energy.

Condon is featured on the song "Found Too Low RMX" by fellow Santa Fe-native Pictureplane and appears on the first and last tracks of the Grizzly Bear EP Friend.

[50] Rock group Blondie's 2011 album Panic of Girls features a ska cover of "A Sunday Smile" on which Condon plays trumpet.

[51][52] On the benefit album Red Hot + Rio 2, Beirut performed a cover of the Portuguese-language song "O Leãozinho", written by Brazilian composer and singer Caetano Veloso.

Condon is featured singing on the track "We Are Fine" on indie rocker Sharon Van Etten's 2012 album Tramp.