About six months back I noticed a friend on the east coast friend tweet the following:
"Sweet Jesus, The Books show was the most amazing show I've seen in years."
That caught my attention and I asked him why. He replied, "It was a lush, enveloping audio experience and they have a highly entertaining companion slideshow... just a total feist for the senses." He then added "…A great show to do drugs to." So there you go.
The Books are two musical savants—Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto—who mix rich, mature guitar and cello music with nostalgic audio samples. They describe themselves as "collage" music, blending in unique samples from self-help tapes, lost personal recordings and plenty more on this year's The Way Out.
LISTEN:
The Books - "Beautiful People"
The Books and Black Heart Procession perform at the Aladdin Theater tonight. Tickets are available here.