I love The Books. Love them.
The Lemon of Pink is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful pieces of sound collage I’ve ever encountered – up there in brilliance with DJ Shadow and Four Tet. It’s an album that might not fully take after the first listen. But years after first hearing the record, I still find it growing on me with every subsequent spin.
Brilliant though they might be, The Books are not prolific. Perhaps that’s a sign that excellence of this sort – particularly in this genre – takes time. DJ Shadow takes ages between albums. Prefuse 73 puts out an album every few years and is considered fairly prolific. Four Tet waits a bit between each of his full releases. So it was with great pleasure that I heard that The Books are releasing a new album in the coming months - the first noise from their camp in over 4 years.
It was with even greater pleasure that I listened to the first single from said album, a song called “Beautiful People.” It picks up where Lost and Safe left off – a genre bending, mathematics-infused song that is as hypnotic as it is strangely catchy. This album is easily one of my most anticipated of 2010.
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I love The Books. Love them. The Lemon of Pink is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful pieces of sound collage I’ve ever encountered – up there in brilliance with DJ Shadow and Four Tet. It’s an album that might not fully take after the first listen. But years after first hearing the record, I still find it growing on me with every subsequent spin.
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