Had the excellent fortune to see The Books at the Cultch last night. Firstly, how much do I love the Cultch? VERY much. Such a beautiful venue, and a staff that let everyone in early because of the crap weather. What's not to love??
I missed the Books the last time they were here (work-travel nonsense of some sort) so I was super happy to have another chance. They are an odd band, but one that remains in high rotation in the Bunklelife play list - somehow, their weird combination of vocal samples from tapes and videos they find second hand and some truly beautiful cello/guitar/music samples is just...right. And when you mix it with the all-important visuals (as you can on their DVDs as well), it just comes together so very very well.
The video above isn't mine for once - there was no way I was going to brave filming, or break the spirit of the night, by pulling out my camera.
For anyone interested in the band, check this out - the vocal samples are from a tape they found of a brother and sister talking (?!) on tape. Some classic moments of graphic kid violence in there...
I know I will find a way of using "by cutting your toes off and working my way up towards your brain" in conversation at some point...
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Wish I went to the show. Sounds great. Oh well - there's always Patrick Watson to look forward to.
A friend of mine has been telling me to check these guys out for a while now but I haven't since our musical preferences don't always see eye to eye. That video is awesome though. Looks like it's time to do some investigating!!!
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