Artist:THE BOOK OF SHIPS

Based in Melbourne, Australia, The Book of Ships is the current project of producer d.a.calf., formerly of Mousemoon (Rubber Records) and current member of Single Twin. The debut album Dark Continent, Cold Century, recorded in a disused bowling club in Newcastle, NSW and mixed at BJB in Sydney by acclaimed producer Scott Horscroft (The Panics, The Presets, silverchair) is a dense sonic journey through layers of interweaving angular guitars, addictive synth riffs and beautiful multi-part vocal harmonies. Whiffs of Eno, Mercury Rev and Broken Social Scene permeate through the record, coupled with the bombastic epicness of M83. The whole thing is bound together by lyrics that lie somewhere between Conor Oberst and Antony Hegarty. They lament lost love and lost innocence; the search for meaning and purpose in anxious post-modern times, all of which is tied together with Dave Fridmann-esque production. It moves from melancholia to outright disdain in the blink of an eye. The first ...