Lost and Safe
General
| May 2005
Reviews
Mor
Reviewed 2005-05-21
Reviewed 2005-05-21
Wow, the east-coast duo brings another beautiful sample-art, neu-folk, beat-friendly album. Delicate guitar, banjo, mandolin with subtle polyphonic beats and heavy, yet not tedious, use of samples. The Books now sing, too, mixing in lyrics from the samples (the lyrics in liner notes do not distinguish between sung and sampled). It will delight you, check out 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and all of them really.
1. ** Delicate track, Tape-like drone, dreamy and beautiful. **
2. Interesting sample, harsh synthesized sound into subtle beat, processesed singing/talking vox, ends with another sample.
3. ** Interesting quiet midtempo beat, so perfectly matching the Alice quote (“all mimsy were the borogroves”!), other samples. **
4. * Steady mid/subtle beat, calm guitar, soft-sung vox, interesting lyrics *
5. * Steady banjo sets the mood, cello, nice long intro, a sample reminiscent of The Wall, great ending on another sample. *
6. *** Percussion-like, with electric guitar, best matching of percussion to spoken sample starting at –2:11, check it out! ***
7. More percussion, some weird sample about a painter (Dali?), short.
8. Quiet guitar plucking and dreamy vox.
9. ** Dreamy changing beat neu-folk, more sample heavy, acoustic guitar, beautiful. **
10. More dreaminess, beat builds up ever so slightly, and instrumentation picks up to a mid tempo bridge.
11. * Quiet strum, little vox, delicate, delicate, delicate. *
1. ** Delicate track, Tape-like drone, dreamy and beautiful. **
2. Interesting sample, harsh synthesized sound into subtle beat, processesed singing/talking vox, ends with another sample.
3. ** Interesting quiet midtempo beat, so perfectly matching the Alice quote (“all mimsy were the borogroves”!), other samples. **
4. * Steady mid/subtle beat, calm guitar, soft-sung vox, interesting lyrics *
5. * Steady banjo sets the mood, cello, nice long intro, a sample reminiscent of The Wall, great ending on another sample. *
6. *** Percussion-like, with electric guitar, best matching of percussion to spoken sample starting at –2:11, check it out! ***
7. More percussion, some weird sample about a painter (Dali?), short.
8. Quiet guitar plucking and dreamy vox.
9. ** Dreamy changing beat neu-folk, more sample heavy, acoustic guitar, beautiful. **
10. More dreaminess, beat builds up ever so slightly, and instrumentation picks up to a mid tempo bridge.
11. * Quiet strum, little vox, delicate, delicate, delicate. *
Recent airplay
None but Shining Hours
Fermentation Station — Dec 06, 2023
An Owl with Knees
A Night on the Roof — Apr 05, 2018
Be Good to Them Always
Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles — Feb 25, 2017
If not Now, Whenever, An Animated Description of M, Vogt Dig for Koppervok
A-philiac — Nov 26, 2014
If not Now, Whenever
Moon Buddy — Apr 16, 2013
A Little Longing Goes Away
FOLKTRONICA — Jan 18, 2013
Charting
2005-05-22 — 2005-07-24
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jul 24 | 1 |
| Jul 17 | 2 |
| Jul 10 | 3 |
| Jul 3 | 2 |
| Jun 26 | 4 |
| Jun 12 | 5 |
| Jun 5 | 8 |
| May 29 | 5 |
Track listing
| 1. | A Little Longing Goes Away | ||
| 2. | Be Good to Them Always | ||
| 3. | Vogt Dig for Koppervok | ||
| 4. | Smells Like Content | ||
| 5. | |||
| 6. | An Animated Description of M | ||
| 7. | Venice | ||
| 8. | None but Shining Hours | ||
| 9. | If not Now, Whenever | ||
| 10. | An Owl with Knees | ||
| 11. | Twelve Fold Chain |