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GoodBooks released their debut lp Control on July 30th 2007; it’s streamable on-demand on Last.fm, and available to buy from iTunes with 3 bonus tracks.
There is a canyon, through which the river of music should flow. On one side of the canyon there is a great verge of cheese, which is the smelly kind, in a bad way. This must be avoided. On the other side is a great verge of indeterminate obscurity. Elements of this obscurity are wonderful, yet as with the cheese, for a good river you need both sides. So, the river flows with the colour of creation. There is melody, of course melody. Can there be a song without melody? Schönberg said there were many tunes still to be written in the key of C. GoodBooks have only one song in the key of C, but no matter. And at the same time there is inquisitiveness, a journey through all sorts of weird and wonderful sounds. The river eventually flows to the sea, whence cometh enlightenment/the meaning of life/a glimpse of the ultimate form of good.
‘Control’ is the first step towards the sea. Twelve songs with their own rules and their own world. Lyrically it’s not a very positive record, but through its honesty it somehow ends up more positive than it would really be if it had been kept all nice and user-friendly. The words are garbled, sometimes mad, always unsure - after all we’re none of us sure of what we’re doing.
There is a canyon, through which the river of music should flow. On one side of the canyon there is a great verge of cheese, which is the smelly kind, in a bad way. This must be avoided. On the other side is a great verge of indeterminate obscurity. Elements of this obscurity are wonderful, yet as with the cheese, for a good river you need both sides. So, the river flows with the colour of creation. There is melody, of course melody. Can there be a song without melody? Schönberg said there were many tunes still to be written in the key of C. GoodBooks have only one song in the key of C, but no matter. And at the same time there is inquisitiveness, a journey through all sorts of weird and wonderful sounds. The river eventually flows to the sea, whence cometh enlightenment/the meaning of life/a glimpse of the ultimate form of good.
‘Control’ is the first step towards the sea. Twelve songs with their own rules and their own world. Lyrically it’s not a very positive record, but through its honesty it somehow ends up more positive than it would really be if it had been kept all nice and user-friendly. The words are garbled, sometimes mad, always unsure - after all we’re none of us sure of what we’re doing.
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GoodBooks - The Illness
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xander17 wrote:
GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Molly- wrote:
GOOD BAND.
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danoleroy wrote:
Play Best Laid Plans FREE all dayer at Proud, Camden Nov 2nd. info here: http://www.last.fm/event/804317
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thayseviskis wrote:
:D :D :D
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stefanz92 wrote:
great!!!
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Neon_Afterglow wrote:
*love
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antoprince wrote:
great band!
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Jenana wrote:
just got into them. I seem to feel the same as everyone else....I liked it at first...but the more I listen, the more inlove I fall.......and I can't get enough
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Moody_bum wrote:
they certainly grew on me
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rtnn wrote:
i actually thought the same after few hearings but somehow i grew to love it. first i couldn't get enough of leni, then the illness, then passchendaele then... you get the idea :D
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superclayden wrote:
Not amazing, but yeah, better than average lol I can see them growing on me more tho :)
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rtnn wrote:
what an amazing album!! pure gold! i'm so glad i found this band... can't really understand why they're not more popular already
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Timaaaahhhh wrote:
I actually love the remix of flux they did. The original? Not so much.
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Jose_is_elmo wrote:
Love everything about this album and the boys
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falloftroys wrote:
Quite good.
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Odelaybradford wrote:
You should check out this great Indie & Electro blog... http://therecommender.wordpress.com
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Bayou16 wrote:
I have to listen to that band!!
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McNibz wrote:
GoodBooks were on my recommended list, and so I thought I'd check them out. Glad I did!
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randomnoodles wrote:
does anyone know the full lyrics of lovesongs on casio?
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ravemacbeth wrote:
Can't stop saying GoodBooks are outrageously great! I hope they achieve the success they deserve.
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19 Nov 2008 | from blog.ilovegoodbooks.com
Thursday 11 December 2008. Fan the Fire at Proud, Old Horse Hospital, Stables Market, Camden, London NW1. 8pm. Tickets.
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