Audio By Carbonatix
Some albums require real patience to be rightfully appreciated. Lost and Safe, the Books’ third album, is a curious patchwork of sundry instruments (including peculiar sound devices such as a metal filing cabinet and a vintage Hohner clavinet) and left-field, unexpected voice samples carpeting the beats. If one listens closely, strange, hazy images can then be conjured — from pixies prancing about in enchanted forests (“Vogt Dig for Kloppervok”) to the eerie voice of a disciplinarian talking above cello moans and banjo plucks (“It Never Changes to Stop”) — all evoking a distant memory at the wake of a dream.
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