News - 27/01/2012

The Books are no more

The Books are no more

The Books, the NYC based experimental duo (Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong), have broken up.

Zammuto broke the news with an email sent to Pitchfork, where he said: "It seems the air has gone out of the Books for the last time. It’s been an extraordinarily painful year coming to the realization that there was no way forward for the band. I love the Books and all that it became, and it still feels strange to me that such an odd little project moved people like it did".
When Pitchfork editors contacted him to ask about this decision, the musician said: "Right now, going into the details of it does not serve anyone, and I'm still too close to it to talk about it without getting angry. It's best for it to remain a mystery for a while. I doubt we will work together again, and unfortunately it almost certainly means we will retire the name after these last releases are out".

According to Zammuto, in the next future (later this year) we'll see a couple of albums collecting b-sides, outtakes and soundtracks; a box set with the four Books records, and a DVD.

In the meantime Nick Zammuto is already busy with a new project - simply called Zammuto: a band with an album set for release on April, 3.





 

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