Apparently this is the cover of the upcoming Zammuto -- named after former Books member Nick Zammuto; awesome? -- record, out on Temporary Residence sometime.
Zammuto – “Too Late to Topologize” MP3/download
The Books are no more — which is OK; Lost and Safe wasn’t good, and this new material seems fresh — and the indie legions are asking WHY? WHY? WHYYYYYYYYY?
It doesn’t matter. Nick Zammuto, one-half of The Books, has started a new band called … yep, Zammuto. Dumb name. I mean, I would never start a group called “Grove” or “Purdum.” Then again it’s been awhile since I started a band. Maybe things have changed and it’s time to just grab all the notoriety you can, along with the slivers of cash that might be available (which is to say nothing of the women/other spoils). Maybe, but I don’t think so.
Again, though — I think the Zammuto sounds a lot more interesting than what The Books were doing lately anyway, or at least “Too Late to Topologize” does (the others, not sure yet; kind of a mix of Battles, Books and Matmos); hopefully this project serves as a rebirth of sorts for Zammuto, who I will always confuse with Zumpano from this point forward (for your info, Zumpano is a drummer-dude who named one of his bands after himself, also inexplicably, and later formed Sparrow, a little-known indie-rock outfit; one of his old bandmates in Zumpano was Carl Newman, whom later formed The New Pornographers, a band I think we can all agree should stay gone).
I’m not usually a news-breaker but I didn’t have much to offer today — I’m actually in the process of setting up a new record shelf, which today required hours of stocking and alphabetizing all my old ’80s psych records by bands like Gravedigger V (actually are they psych? kind of a random group to mention under this guise), Tomorrow, The Three O’ Clock, The Things, Thee Hypnotics, The Tell-Tale Hearts, Reverb Motherfuckers and many more. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you about them when the time is right … And did you know Crust had a song called “Mud Honey”? Is is possible Mark Arm and co. didn’t name their band after the Russ Meyer film? I’m going to get to the bottom of this …
Also, got some great records in this week. Munster Records sent in a 2XLP by Jeremy Gluck & Friends (an outfit that included Nikki Sudden and Epic Soundtracks of Swell Maps; holy shit! Probably the best discovery of 2012 so far), a live LP from ’83 or so by Lyres and a pre-Lyres LP by DMZ that will make you forget all about DMX. Also got a Plante LP from Fedora Corpse and a whole grip of stuff from Past/Futures, of which at least one or two will make the Album As Art series. IT’S ON PEOPLE! DON’T GET IT TWISTED, NINJA!!! And so on/forth we go. ZOOOOOM
