Artist: the books
Album: lost and safe
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Genre : electronic
Date : jan-29-2005
Year : 2005
Quality : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / joint-stereo
Songs : 11
Playtime : 42:05 min
Label : Tomlab
Size : 57,0 MB
Url : n/a
Source : cdda
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Releasenotes: Slow Electronic tunes in the vein of Dntel, Avalanches, Postal
Service, ect...
Not since Cibo Matto have we been so captivated by a band of
gourmets like The Books. A self-proclaimed "food band," the duo
have been tickling our collective palates since 2002's
brilliant Thought For Food, a surprisingly melodic clash of
folk and absurdist sound collage that wound up at No. 4 on our
year-end list. Then its follow-up, 2003's The Lemon of Pink,
turned out to be even better, landing at No. 2 on Pitchfork's
year-end list. Now granted, the Books aren't cute Japanese
women, and maybe they don't hang with the Beastie Boys or Sean
Lennon (at least, that we know of), but for Pete's sake, they
reference Godard films in their songs! And who doesn't like
Godard? Well, anyway, they're pretty fucking good.
Late in the 04, The Books finished their latest full-length,
Lost and Safe, which has been set for an April 5 release on
Tomlab. Featuring artwork by Frieda Luczak (who also worked on
the first two Books albums), Lost and Safe will also showcase
the vocals of guitarist Nick Zammuto, as well as some
non-musical sources of note, such as tuned drain pipes and an
office filing cabinet installed with subwoofers. Upon hearing
this piece of information, certain individuals at the Pitchfork
office have been experimenting with listening to music modified
by miscellaneous household appliances. We found that Peaches
sounds much better from under a porcelain toilet seat than
you'd imagine. Especially if you're in another room.
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01.a little longing goes away [03:30]
02.be good to them always [04:51]
03.vogt dig for kloppervok [03:54]
04.smells like content [03:42]
05.it never changes to stop [04:01]
06.an animated description of mr. maps [04:39]
07.venice [01:43]
08.none but shining hours [02:43]
09.if not now, whenever [03:36]
10.an owl with knees [04:42]
11.twelve fold chain [04:44]
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You know who we are, if not fuck off and die wanker!