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May 09, 2005
The Books
The Books have a new album out, Lost And Safe, and since only two people were reading this blog when I posted about The Books last July, I'm excited to now potentially turn on an additional three people to their wonder. The Books are a study in arbitrary, cut-up, musical whimsy; there's a lot of geetar and banjo playing, and, uh, some violins or cellos or something, and, well, a bunch of samples and some singing, and somehow, you know, it all just hangs together. They've grown more accessible with each album - their first, Thought For Food, was heavily experimental; their second, The Lemon of Pink, was more polished while still retaining the element of quirky unpredictability; this album continues in the direction of almost coalescing into lovely little pop songs without ever really resorting to any kind of typical song structure. Also, their web site is awesome.
The Books - Be Good To Them Always
The Books - It Never Changes To Stop
The Books - An Animated Description Of Mr. Maps
The Books are playing at Chop Suey this Friday with Mia Doi Todd. If you live in Seattle and don't go, you are, like, totally square.
Recently on Comfort Radio:
Perry Farrell - Nua Nua
Voodoo Warriors of Love - Sweat
St. Etienne - Like A Motorway (Chemical Brothers mix)
Posted by Scotto at May 9, 2005 08:00 AM
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Posted by: craig at May 9, 2005 10:01 AM
Add one more to your turned on count. I've added this to my CD purchase list.
Posted by: Baal of Confusion at May 18, 2005 01:06 PM