Pitchfork: The Books Reveal Details of Their Next Album, Due April

The Books Reveal Details of Their Next Album, Due April

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. Oddly named songs:

01 A Little Longing Goes Away
02 Be Good to Them Always
03 Vogt Dig for Kloppervok
04 Smells Like Content
05 It Never Changes to Stop
06 An Animated Description of Mr. Maps
07 Venice
08 None But Shining Hours
09 If Not Now, Whenever
10 An Owl With Knees
11 Twelve Fold Chain

Another piece of exciting news is that shortly following the release of Lost and Safe, the Books take to the road for their first-ever tour. The fun should start in May, and we'll get you the dates as soon as we can get our hot little hands on them.

* Tomlab: http://www.tomlab.com