Black Books (Austin, TX)

Genre:Rock

We're longtime friends who have been playing music together since forever. Black Books since 2010.Notable good times include: - A 2013 UK tour organized by our former label, Believe Recordings, which included opening for the Flaming Lips at the Roundhouse UK in London;

- NYC mini-tour and CMJ Showcase in 2014;

- Released our self-titled LP in 2013, which received national and global critical acclaimWhat people are saying about us: “Wildly inventive and exceptionally charming take on psych rock” - The Line of Best Fit

“Glazing muscular space rock with dream-pop pastels, this Texas ensemble perform their chemistry at full throttle” - Earmilk

“Missing Arcade Fire? Get wise to the similarly epic sound of Black Books” - Wonderland Magazine

"Euphoric psych-pop with new fangs and focus" - My Old Kentucky Blog

“Black Books’ music conjures up images of wide open landscapes being explored while off your face on dream drugs” - SupaJam

“It's like listening to Band of Horses underwater… similar to that euphoric high portrayed in Tarantino films.“ - SYFFAL

“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.” - YVYNYL

“Black Books make me want to go out into my backyard and built the skeletal underpinnings for a set of wings” – DAYTROTTER