The Books are a little too experimental for some people. Thankfully, I'm not put off by them at all. I guess I wouldn't be though...I did spend seven years trying to find a Steve Reich album that I heard when I was 16.
The Books are a little less out there than Steve Reich. Formed in 1999, the band is kind of an ethereal mix of folk, electronica, and indie rock. Band members, guitarist and vocalist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong, mesh together traditional instrumentals and vocals with seemingly random sounds and speech samples
And when I say random, I kind of mean it (even though each audio placement is, in actuality, very deliberate). A Salvador Dali audio file made it onto "Venice" from their 2005 album Lost and Safe. A snippet from Lewis Caroll's "Jabberwocky" is included in “Vogt Dig For Kloppervok”, from the same album. In "If Not Now, Whenever" Mal Sharpe asks a passerby "How're you doin' today?"
The song I've chosen, "An Animated Decription of Mr. Maps" is a perfect example of The Books' style. Weird, eerily beautiful, and incredibly awesome.
Enjoy, tell me what you think.
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