Trouble Books : a band (lurk underneath)



 
 
JUNE 2008:
 
Hope everyone is having a good summer, taking lots of walks, and hanging out with buddiez. We're not playing many shows right now,
but hopefully we'll see you soon. We hope everyone who's picked up a copy of the new LP is enjoying it, we're really proud of the whole thing.  
If you didn't know, it's called "The United Colors of Trouble Books" is available now on vinyl LP (with a CDr version included)
at Square Records in Akron, Music Saves in Cleveland, at shows, and here on the Internet:  
 
 
 
GET IT IN THE SHOPPE
 
listen to:
"Shaky Science"
Some early reviews say: 

"The gorgeous mix of meandering instrumental arrangements, expansive ambiance, and wonderfully earnest vocals creates a sort of spacey chamber pop that seems to float wherever the wind may take it."
           - NPR
 

"...a moving piece of art that aims to explore ambience and mood without skimping on the actual music...
this will be the best thing you've heard in a very long time."
           - The Plugg
 
"...awkward, charming and endearing."
            - Music Saves (Album of the Week) 
 
"...music solely for daydreamers... elaborate orchestration, ambient fuzz and electronic distortion..."
           - Cleveland Free Times
 
"... fast becoming my favourite album I've heard this year..."
            - My Inland Empire
 
"Sure, there are some stellar parts, but all the in-between stuff will put you to sleep."
             - Cleveland Scene Magazine 
(since this is exactly what we intended, we'll take this criticism as a complement)
The covers are three color layers of screen printing, plus a layer of spray paint, and they turned out pretty awesome.

 

UPCOMING SHOWS:
 
August 15th at Thursday's Lounge (Akron)
August 23rd at the Grog Shop (Cleveland)
also: October 30th on WRUW 91.1 "Live from Cleveland"

 

UPCOMING OTHER:
 
New versions of old songs (cassette split with Talons)
New songs ("Endless Pool" ...someday 200X)
Bossa nova versions of old songs
 
  

CONTACT

587 Colfax Pl.
Akron, OH 44302
-or-
-or-
barkandhiss at yahoo dot com

Oh yeah, a kind of new thing!

 

 "Selected Early Songs" from the out-of-print first two Trouble Books albums ("Such a Sound Sleeper" and "A Dull Roar") and the first demo EP. This is what we were up to in 2005-2006; less ambient and more song-oriented than "United Colors...". Debra has hand-drawn a bunch of covers, but we're probably not going to make terribly many of these. Just wanted to give everyone the chance for seven minutes in heaven with the skeletons in our closet. Recorded on cassette, sortof not really mastered, burned onto CDr.