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Simon Bookish
Everything/Everything
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
1. Flood, The
2. Dumb Terminal
3. Portrait Of The Artist As A Fountain
4. Carbon
5. Victorinox
6. Il Trionfo Del Tempo... (Ridley Road)
7. Synchrotron
8. Crack In Larsen C, A
9. Alsatian Dog
10. New Sense Of Humour, A
11. Colophon

CD Details

All Artists: Simon Bookish
Title: Everything/Everything
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tomlab
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 10/21/2008
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 656605672120, 656605672168

Synopsis

Product Description

Simon Bookish is the pseudonym of London-based composer Leo Chadburn, who took part in the releases of Leafcutter John, Patrick Wolf, and Saint Etienne. An unpredictable and dramatic "big band song cycle about science and information", "Everything/Everything" is a new departure for Simon Bookish, as it does away with digital synthesizers, in favor of live instruments. Though it's his most pop-oriented release to date, it finds room for moments of racing Philip Glass minimalism, lopsided disco, expressionist cabaret, and even an eerie ambient interlude.

CD Reviews

Big band cycle about science and information

David M. Madden | salt lake, utah United States | 11/06/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Simon Bookish calls this a "big band cycle about science and information", commenting on the subjects at a rate similar to taking an encyclopedia pill (a play on "the flood of information"). Bookish's proper, quaint accent gives weight to his lyrics while his boundless Eno-meets-Broadway ensemble gives further proof of his mad scientist nature. Like the Luther Burger, this idea is so horribly wrong, and I can imagine that listeners either worship or vehemently loathe and boo Bookish offstage as he opens for, say, Franz Ferdinand (he remixed their "Michael"). However, those who spent a long time acclimating to the abovementioned artists, slowly learning to not skip over "Oh! You Pretty Things" in favor of the more immediate "Rebel Rebel" and finding beauty in Bryan Ferry's uncontrollable warble on "If There Is Something", will stop the snickering and soon appreciate what a brave (but cracked) individual could release an album such as this."