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...according to our Maggie on Thu 12 Jul, 2007.
Here's a single by the Good Books with "Passchendaele" on Columbia. A drippy "nice" popsong which farts by until the end when it goes all crazy like The Beatles song "A Day in the Life". Track 2 and its all a bit melodramatic. Mingus is digging the political lyrics. Its ok with some interesting vocal lines and good loud production. Track 3 mixes up some arpeggiod synths with backward vocals making it a very simple guitar song tarted up like an East End harlot. On CD and 2x 7".GoodBooks release a new single Passchendaele though Columbia Records on
Monday 16th July. Passchendaele is taken from the band’s eagerly
anticipated debut album Control, which is released two weeks later on
July 30th. The single will be available on CD single, two x 7 inch
coloured vinyl and download. All Bonus songs are exclusive to this
release.
Passchendaele, a quiet village in Belgium where one of
the most intense battles of World War One was fought, relays a strong
but peaceful story telling the tale of a father and son who both fought
in the Great Wars. The song concludes by questioning the fact that
despite so many well-meaning slogans and resolutions, a whole century
has passed and we are still engaged in bitter conflict around the world.
GoodBooks debut album Control was produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat, and recorded at RAK studios in London.
The
band’s remixing skills have been in great demand of late having
remixed tracks for The Maccabees, Hot Club de Paris, The Sunshine
Underground, and Mystery Jets, GoodBooks recent singles Leni and The
Illness have been remixed by the likes of The Teenagers, Kissy Sell
Out, Crystal Castles and Lo Fi Fnk.
Having recently toured with
the Maccabees, The Rakes and Hot Club De Paris they are currently on
the road with The Sounds. They also play the Electric Gardens, Underage
and Field Day Festivals during August along with a handful of smaller
boutique festivals.
GoodBooks are: Max Cooke (vocals / guitar),
Christopher Porter (vocals / bass), JP Duncan (keyboards), Leo von
Bülow-Quirk (drums).
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