Simon Bookish C/D

just got a recommendation for this

"Synchrotron" from the upcoming third album is rocking my shit right now. Reminds me of the Chap's last album, in tone anyway, only with better lyrics.

i've only heard the 45 mentioned in the opening post but it's great. can see the momus comparison, but SB is quite a bit better than anything he's done in years

He made a record three years ago called "Trainwreck/Raincheck". It's release last year was a non-event, the guy running his label vanished to Ireland in a puff of ethyl acetate. It's a classic. Spoken word over in-the-box electronic music. Sounds better than it sounds. "Big Science" with a sense of humour.

And the new record is very fine indeed.

He's still got copies of Trainwreck/Raincheck available to order on his website, too: http://www.simonbookish.com/discs.php .

The two songs I've heard from the new album ("Synchrotron" and "Dumb Terminal," which is up on his myspace) sound fantastic. Like kind of a sciencey Divine Comedy.

Just got this the other day and will be interested to give it an ear -- when things calm down a bit.

Hang on, WTF? how does he have artwork of mine that *I* don't even have any more, on his MySpace?

SCIENCE.

Yeah, this album's great. I like the confidence it exudes throughout, it's an insular album that doesn't sound withdrawn, if that makes any sense.

Well I guess the record release party is at this Pure Groove place in Clerkenwell on Tuesday. (They keep having great shows there that I can never be arsed to go to for some reason.) It's free, I think I'll go.

This came out last week in the U.S. but hasn't gotten much attention yet. The only reviews I've found:

http://www.thequietus.com/articles/00552-simon-bookish
http://www.musicomh.com/albums/simon-bookish-2_1008.htm

Hi dere.

I've been meaning to listen to this for forever. Now that I can't sleep, I've had a good opportunity. I say it is ... burt_stanton approved.

philip glass meets momus and patrick wolf meets PBS aesthetic (I don't know what you fruity Brits have). If that doesn't excite you, then I feel sorry for you.

I'm surprised we haven't gotten more discussion on Everything/Everything going; this is exactly the kind of record I think ILM would dig; kinda like Max Tundra meets XTC meets nu-Sufjan, it's really good guys

Yes, yes it is.

you know it's amazing this guy had a critically acclaimed breakout pop album 11 years ago and then never did anything remotely like it again

Yeah, seriously. I keep hoping he'll put out something else along those lines, but it sure doesn't seem like he has any interest in doing that. New album next year is supposedly going to be a spoken-word/chamber thing.

next year this year