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black books / Press

“Top Ten Locals To Watch In 2011”

“This band is for fans of early MY MORNING JACKET (especially on “Maria“), but this Austin based five-piece have put together an absolutely gorgeous debut EP... Don’t even finish reading this post, click there, download it now, and get on with it already.We’re smitten.”

“Big, beautiful, heartbreaking work from this upstart Austin, TX rockers. Sounds as though this band got in bed with Blitzen Trapper and My Morning Jacket and ‘made babies’. I’m not normally a straight rock kinda guy, but this lead single is undeniably great. Listening to this is like wrapping up in a navajo blanket and laying under the big Texas desert stars with your lover, and, you know, making babies. Or at least this should be the soundtrack. I expect big things from these guys. ”

“Highly recommended for anyone whose been petitioning for a Grandaddy reunion and those of you who love My Morning Jacket’s until they threaten to morph into Pink Floyd.”

“Black Books spread their lush, dreamy sound over four tracks on a recent nifty-looking green vinyl EP, An Introduction to...; lyrics include the very Texas sentiment "if you're not sunburned you're not having fun"”

“Smart psych rock that deserve the My Morning Jacket comparisons that they’ve been receiving. These are tripped out rock jams that everyone can enjoy. This is quite an introduction.”

“It is grand, anthemic, and huge at times. Gorgeous melodies and the golden-throated drawl of Ross Gilfillan seems to coax them right out of the moonlight sky.”

“It took all of 5 seconds of "The Big Idea" to get me completely obsessed with the Austin band. Lead singer Ross Gillfilan's voice sounds similar to Jim James' of My Morning Jacket, and the track's descent into a mesmerizing haze of lazy, sprawling psychedelia is maddeningly deliberate and highly addictive.”

“Black Books, who boast the rarely seen drummer/lead singer, and play a kind of off-kilter dream-pop...their "Maria" lit it up + served as the highlight of my night.”

“An Introduction To… is an experimentation in atmospheric indie rock and an experiment that works amazingly well. There isn’t a dud on the EP and each track is just wall-to-wall pleasantries of sound.”