Track of the Day 12/12 - Good Books
Kent indie-rockers reveal a WORLD EXCLUSIVE and play Clash Saturday Social...
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What’s this? The fourth band for tomorrow’s Clash Saturday Social @ RoTa AND a world exclusive Track of the Day?
Oh aye. Oh, aye.
Good Books are the men who’ve signed on the line to complete what was already a pretty stellar bill for our first-ever Clash Saturday Social, held at the Notting Hill Arts Club’s weekly RoTa afternoon.
The Kentish four-piece’s 2007 debut album, ‘Control’, attracted critical acclaim and features a wealth of recognisable singles – ‘Walk With Me’, ‘Leni’, ‘Turn It Back’, ‘Passchendaele’. The band – Max, JP, Chris and Leo – are now working on its follow-up, due for release in 2009.
And it’s from this record that today’s world exclusive Track of the Day, ‘Manifesto’, is taken. Stream the track exclusively on ClashMusic.com at the bottom of this article. The track is fresh off the mixing desk – it was completed mere hours ago.
ClashMusic.com asked Max to fill us in on Good Books activity recent past and near future…
“2008 began in style with all four Good Books staying in a flat that doubled up as an art gallery in Berlin, discovering some new music, new friends, new experiences and generally doing a bit of life. The rest of the year was spent writing, rehearsing and recording the next album.
“We played over 100 shows in 2007 but have only played about five this year and we've really missed it, so we'll rectify that next year. The album will be wrapped up by Christmas, so early 2009 we will be plotting and scheming how to get it onto people's stereos, how the sleeve will look and all that sort of thing.
“I can't wait to share the new record with the world. It feels like we have a lot more personally invested in this one than the last; every aspect of it has been our own work, from writing to playing, right down to microphone placement and mixing, so people will really hear the sounds from inside our heads.
“Finally we're planning on doing Europe properly this time round - so there's that to look forward to, as well as festivals in the summer...”
Find more on Good Books at their official website HERE, and view videos on their YouTube channel HERE.
Photo: Josefine Lukschy
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Details of the Clash Saturday Social @ RoTa are as follows…
Clash Saturday Social @ RoTa *
Saturday December 13, 2008
4pm-9pm
free entry / over-18s only
Four live acts…
Sunset Cinema Club - Track of the Day
Cats In Paris - Track of the Day
Good Books
Johnny Foreigner - Track of the Day
DJs from Holy Roar and Fear & Records/Clash
+ drinks offers, magazines and plenty of merch to buy
Notting Hill Arts Club can be found at 21 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JQ; nearest Tube is Notting Hill Gate.
(* RoTa is the weekly Saturday afternoon club held at the Notting Hill Arts Club, in association with Rough Trade Shops; click HERE for further information.)
Find this event on Facebook HERE
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STREAM ‘MANIFESTO’ BELOW, EXCLUSIVELY ON CLASHMUSIC.COM
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This = rly gud.
This = rly gud.
Am I the only one who can't
Am I the only one who can't see the track?
Maybe... can you not see a
Maybe... can you not see a player?
I can't see the track
I can't see the track either...
Oh dear. Well it's there.
Oh dear. Well it's there. What browser are people using?
I've had no luck with the
I've had no luck with the link on IE or Google Chrome...
I'm in Safari and it's right
I'm in Safari and it's right there ^^^
OK, so I had a look in IE
OK, so I had a look in IE and it's not displaying. Have referred the matter to more technically-minded people than myself in the hope of resolution!
can I ask, can you see the
can I ask, can you see the player at the bottom of the page?
or are you referring to the fact that there isn't a link next to 'Good Books'when it's listed beneath 'Cats In Paris' in the line up?
i see it. I SEE IT!
i see it. I SEE IT!
To answer Nick Annan's
To answer Nick Annan's question: Both! I have been in IE, Safari, and Firefox and it doesn't appear anywhere - a link or a streaming player...
Well there is no link (cos
Well there is no link (cos you are looking at the page said link would link to!).
But there IS a player at the bottom. For some folks anyway...
:o(
Great show on Saturday if I
Great show on Saturday if I do say so m'self... this was the first song of the set too.
Very beautiful color., they
Very beautiful color., they play in front of the right background. I wonder how is the music. Must be suitable for a garden party.
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Clash should travel and hold concert all around the world before they can be nominated for the world record. Frankly speaking, I never heard about them in my country. In this article, they sounds good with the slow music. But I didn't hear a lot about their songs before. Hong Kong Fashion
Great show on Saturday if I
Great show on Saturday if I do say so m'self... this was the first song of the set too.free games
Clash should travel and hold
Clash should travel and hold concert all around the world before they can be nominated for the world record. Frankly speaking, I never heard about them in my country. In this article, they sounds good with the slow music. But I didn't hear a lot about their songs before.
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Very beautiful color., they
Very beautiful color., they play in front of the right background. I wonder how is the music. Must be suitable for a garden party. Etude house
can I ask, can you see the
can I ask, can you see the player at the bottom of the page?
or are you referring to the fact that there isn't a link next to 'Good Books'when it's listed beneath 'Cats In Paris' in the line up? ??????????????????
Clash should travel and hold
Clash should travel and hold concert all around the world before they can be nominated for the world record. Frankly speaking, I never heard about them in my country. In this article, they sounds good with the slow music. But I didn't hear a lot about their songs before. Printable Address Labels