In early June 2011, amidst touring the US, Beirut announced that their newest album, "The Rip Tide", which had been recorded the previous winter in New York, was to be released on August 30. The band simulataneously released a single, "East Harlem" (which was first recorded on Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg ), with the B-side "Goshen"; both songs that appear on the new album.