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I saw the show last night here in Montreal. Me and the sweetie got there when the doors opened and there was absolutely no one there hardly. Nick and Paul and Ann and Mike (Zammuto) were walking around talking to the sound guy and such. I could have gone up and talked to them but it was such an uncomfortable vibe, like a highschool play that wasn't turning out well and no one was coming. Made me feel all shy and jumpy. Eventually the place filled up, though it was relatively tiny and filled up couldn't have been more than 200, probably more like 150. Mantler from Tomlab played - he does 70s style easy listening electric piano and vocals. Then local boys Cian Ethrie who are 2 guitars and a stand up bass doing I guess ambient improv with whistling and throwing sunflower seeds at a banjo. The Books came on with a sampler and a DVD player and the 4 of them and lots of instrument switching around. Ann had some sort of clav and violin and wooden banjo and guitar. Nick of course plays guitar and Eddie Van Halen style electric bass - there's a lot of that on the new record in places. Paul played cello with the kind of humorous dramatic flair you'd expect, and Nick's brother Mikey played bass, including a song he'd written called The Classy Penguin - it was kind of a stylized country-folk cartoon music song and they all rocked out while the DVD played home movies and such. |
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They had video accompaniment for about 3/4 of the songs, home movies of them as kids, found footage of biblethumpers making a radio play, a monk falling on his ass, and for the new album the lyrics zapping past one syllable at a time with silly puns. Everything was perfectly synchronized and rhythmic. When they really got going it was a huge ocean of clanking rattling banging sound hammering the images into my brain. I will always remember the kaleidoscope-legs. They have some sort of sampler with triggers and it was interesting to see how they trigger bits to bring the songs to life. They'll play for a while then trigger the next impossible-to-play-live segment then some vocal samples, so they can extend the live parts and play around instead of having the entire song absolutely sequenced. I think they have every vocal sample they've ever used on there - at one point Paul was popping up a bunch of older ones from the first album. Lots of the songs were extended and altered versions with different samples. I would love a live album or a video of a performance. The audience loved it, it was a great feeling in that place. It was one of the best shows I've ever been to and it made me a permanently happier person. |
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Are the books the group who did the collab on the new prefuse73 (track 7, pagina or something is the title) it's one of my fav tracks ! what do you recommend by them |
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Yes that's them, I recommend their 2nd album The Lemon of Pink. |
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thx ill check it sounds like a hell of an evening |
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sounds great, fleetm.! I do hope they come overhere too. I would like to see a live cd too - maybe someone bootlegged it? probably not, the books fans are too bookish for that. |
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yes, it was an all around brilliant performance. i wish i could see it every day. did Ann tell her mayonnaise jar story? i'd say their first album, Thought For Food, is their best. |
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Yes, very bookish. One guy sitting at a table near us was reading a book (looked like one of those smart people books). He had also brought a supply of pistachios and drinks that he snuck out sneakily. I wondered if maybe he had a blanket and a teddy in case the show ran late. My wife said "why are all the men so small?" Most of the men at the show were small and sensitive looking. There weren't many seats so down in front most people sat on the floor like it was storytime in kindergarten. These sweet creatures would never dream of bootlegging a show. Jeb - yes, the mayonnaise jar made an appearance. I loved Ann's french song. A snippet of it is on one of their albums, I forget what song, something on Lemon? |
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"the lemon of pink" works best as a whole, as an album. "thought for food" is them experimenting, trying to find their style. I haven't got any glib assessments like that about "lost and safe" yet. |
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My wife said "why are all the men so small?" that made me laugh really loudly! |
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Haha, me too. :D Nick is also small and sensitive looking. He was wearing a bulky sweater and looked like that photo of Ceri on a motorcycle. (the unaltered one) I wish you'd been there no matter what size you are. The new album is a grower. I like it a lot now. I was worried I wouldn't like it so much at first so that's a relief. |
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