On April 28, Paul de Jong will drop his debut LP, IF, via Temporary Residence. Pre-orders are ongoing here. De Jong, who was one half of experimental duo The Books back in the 2000s, can work his cello through and through with ease, digging the bow into its strings to pull out some silver, liquid magic that feels […]
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Hear Paul de Jong’s New Single “This Is Who I Am”
March 9th, 2015 
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February 10th, 2015 Nina Corcoran When The Books broke up in 2012, an era came to an end. The collage-pop duo of guitarist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong had invented a magical, comforting, mashup of strings and found sounds, creating the type of music that is as perplexing as it is educational. Since then, Zammuto has gone on […]
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Zammuto (of The Books) Announce New Album, Stream “Hegemony”
July 22nd, 2014 Nina Corcoran Not a week goes by where I don’t get sad knowing The Books are no longer around. But then, almost immediately following that thought, I remember we have Zammuto and thank the musical stars above. Started by Nick Zammuto of The Books shortly after the band called it quits in 2012, Zammuto stays in line with The […]
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October 10th, 2009 Chris Courtesy: Pitchfork A few weeks back, the low-tech sound-collage duo the Books played to a tittering crowd at St. Louis’ Luminary Center for the Arts. At that show, the band played a spacey, mellow new track called “Group Autogenics”, and the rear projections that accompanied them made visual jokes out of the duo’s trademark instructional […]