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- Date Released: October 7, 2003
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Tomlab / SC Distribution
Don’t take Brian Eno’s word for it...
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We Say...
I agree with Brian Eno that the Books' 2003 album The Lemon of Pink is one of the most exciting records of the last few years. Tracks like "Tokyo" and "That Right Ain't Shit" combine so many influences (folk/bluegrass, contemporary minimalism, cut-up electronica, spoken word) in a seamless and truly original way. Their songs preserve the intimacy of acoustic instruments, and the immediacy and driving energy of pop songs, but transport the listener to a musical world entirely their own. It's all done so perfectly that we forget they ever turned on the sequencer.
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They Say...
Like 2002's Thought for Food, The Lemon of Pink combines experimental collage technique with an organic, folky mixture of banjo, guitar, violin, simple vocal melodies, and snippets of conversation. The collage technique snaps like that of the United States of America, but is used to introduce glitches in the melodic elements, whereas the U.S.A. attempted to subvert the tradition of the pop form. The title track's straightforward, melancholic phrasing and subtle string accompaniment are not unlike Cat Power's work with the Dirty Three, mostly due to Anne Doerner's lovely vocals, or the more ambitiously pop elements of Chicago post-rock. The song sprawls into a low-intensity instrumental collage where silence and elements of timbre cut through the melody to create glitches in an otherwise tranquil environment. The sample for sample's sake kitsch that has dragged down quite a few artists is not a problem here -- wonderfully wrought clips like the welcoming voice on "Tokyo" make the rhythm of speaking into a fetish, toying with it, breaking it, and building it back. This is also used, less effectively, on tracks like "Take Time," where a simple phrase becomes an unphased minimalist backdrop for experimentation. It isn't often that one finds an American artist with such a mastery of collage technique and a desire to incorporate traditional folk instruments and melodies. Like the Notwist or Badly Drawn Boy, the Books open up territory for relaxed electro-acoustic listening without compromising their creative process. A lovely recording sure to find its way onto many a Top Ten list for 2003.
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The Lemon Of Pink |
4:40 |
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| 02. | |
The Lemon Of Pink |
1:35 |
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| 03. | |
tokyo |
3:43 |
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| 04. | |
bonanza |
0:52 |
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| 05. | |
s is for evrysing |
3:32 |
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| 06. |
explanation mark |
0:19 |
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| 07. | |
there is no there |
3:36 |
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| 08. | |
take time |
3:36 |
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| 09. | |
don't even sing about it |
4:09 |
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| 10. | |
the future, wouldn't that be nice? |
3:16 |
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| 11. | |
a true story of a story of true love |
4:25 |
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| 12. | |
that right ain't shit |
2:44 |
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| 13. | |
PS |
0:55 |
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13 Total Tracks, 37:22 Total Length
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