The Books to play the Cedar Cultural Center
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For a couple of guys who largely write songs by sifting through untold gigs of samples, The Books are not actually shrinking cyber-violets in a live setting. The work of East Coasters Nick Zammuto and Paul De Jong arguably comes more alive onstage, where they play live guitar and string parts composed around their found-audio finds and add synchronized video to give the experience an extra conceptual, funny, and undoubtedly human touch. Their first album in five years, The Way Out, is set for release on July 20 and finds the pair's instruments in conversation with answering-machine messages, children's Talkboy cassettes, and weird new-age spirituality instructions. The Books will hit Minneapolis in support of the new disc on Oct. 30, playing an all-ages show at the Cedar Cultural Center. No word yet on the price of tickets, which go on sale June 21 at noon. Here's a sample of some of the pure, strangely playful sample-geekery you can expect from the live show, in addition to the music:
