Listen to New Books - "Beautiful People"

By Ryan Dombal for Pitchfork:

Found sound collage gurus the Books return with a new album this July on Temporary Residence. The album is called The Way Out and here's your first listen.

"Beautiful People" boasts backwards vox, calming singing about science and math, brass, and a (relatively) rigorous drum beat. Nobody else really makes music like this.

On 05/01/06 The Books played Soundlab with Todd Reynolds and The Sleeping Kings of Iona.