The time is nearly upon us. The United Colours of Trouble Books will be released on MIE Music in the UK and Europe on the 1st November.

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"You could sort of curl and up just live in this music, cosy and forever. Its all tape hiss and perfect sound forever guitars and gentle horns and steady, softly drumming and a sometimes a bit of violin and mumbling. There’s such an incredible intimacy that it sort of sounds like you’re just listening to the boy and the girl members make it through the cracks in their bedroom door. Its so soft and quiet that despite the fact these are all, like, proper songs and everything, it *becomes* ambient. And not in a bad way. In a really, really good way."
The Line Of Best Fit

"Trouble Books have such a wonderful sound that reminds me of that fuzzy daydream feeling you get when you are just waking up. It’s like you are tired and still dreaming but the daylight is shining a bright and beautiful glow into your eyes.

They melt together fuzzy shoegaze pop sounds in a dreamy soundscape that echoes a lo-fi ambient found sound project and an indie pop band."
3 Bar Fire

“The United Colors of Trouble Books” is shear joy. It’s a moving piece of art that aims to explore ambience and mood without skimping on the actual music. Trouble Books write sweet pop fragments and layer soundscapes on top of them to create an almost religious experience. Sugary boy-girl vocals are hidden under ominous swooshes of reverberation. David Lynch comes to mind, there’s the visual aesthetic with the dark undertones, minus the pretension of course."
The Plugg

"The album plays out like a wandering trip through a 13 year-old's subconscious, set to beautifully unique, experimental music. The gorgeous mix of meandering instrumental arrangements, expansive ambiance, and wonderfully earnest vocals creates a sort of spacey chamber pop that seems to float wherever the wind may take it."
National Public Radio

100 vinyl copies, all with CDRs, in lovingly hand-drawn and painted packaging, complete with an 8-page booklet of drawings by the band will be released on 1st November 2008.

PRE-ORDER at mie.bigcartel.com

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