New band of the day – No 731: Trouble Books

These drowsy, hazy songs suggest an alternate reality Brian Wilson making crackly, cheapo synth ditties in his bedroomHometown: Akron, Ohio.The lineup: Keith Freund, Linda Lejsovka, Mike Tolan.The background: Trouble Books might make a mockery on their MySpace of our obsession with context and origin by declaring that they are influenced by "Czech hardcore from around 1933", but it occurs after listening to their dreamily lovely, lushly textured ambient electronica where it might really come fro...

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