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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Book Of Knots Announce First Live Show EVER

THE BOOK OF KNOTS ANNOUNCE FIRST LIVE SHOW EVER

IN SUPP0RT OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ANTI RELEASE TRAINEATER

In celebration of their Anti Records release Traineater , The Book Of Knots has just announced that they will be performing their first live show EVER on Friday July 13th, 2007 at The Gramercy Theater in New York City. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity as there are no plans for any additional shows.

Joining The Book Of Knots on stage will be Jon Langford (The Mekons) and Carla Bozulich (Geraldine Fibbers), who will also perform opening sets of their own music. Additionally The Book Of Knots will be backed by the band illumina - who are known as Philadelphia's #1 indie-rock mini-orchestra. The Book Of Knots set will feature performances by many of the featured guest singers and performers from the Traineater record including Megan Riley, Aaron Lazar (The Giraffes), Shahzad Ismaily (Marc Ribot/2ft yard) and many others.

The Book of Knots, a New York based studio-collective, was formed by Matthias Bossi (Skeleton Key, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) Producer/ Guitarist Joel Hamilton (worked with: Shiner, Battle Of Mice, Sparklehorse, Elvis Costello, Unsane) and Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, Frank Black, They Might Be Giants) in the spring of 2003. What initially started as an excuse to write songs for their friends, took a decidedly serious turn when Mauro Arrambide from Austin Texas' Arclight Records stepped in and offered to release their recorded ramblings. Halfway through the making of record #1, violinist and vocalist Carla Kihlstedt (Tin Hat, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 2 Foot Yard) joined them, and what is now known as the core quartet solidified. Soon after, it was decided that the band would release 3 records, the first (Book of Knots) being an ode to the rotting seaside towns of Matthias and Joel's youth, the second (Traineater) a tribute to the American rust-belt, and the third (title tbd), a praising of all things aeronautical.

Meanwhile, Traineater has gotten the thumbs-up from such publications as Spin, Harp, Alternative Press and Venus. The latter described Traineater as "the most harrowing story of the plight of the working man since Bruce Springstein's Nebraska 25 years ago. It is executed in the tone of eerie, Americana noir that would give nightmares to Nick Cave and make Johnny Cash and Woodie Guthrie proud." But perhaps Alternative Press put it best when it proclaimed, "every nanosecond created by NYC braintrust Book Of Knots - from dirge-laden ugly rock, spoken-word interludes, torch songs and soundscapes - single-handedly renews the album as a viable, important art form. Factor in special guests like Tom Waits, Jon Langford and Carla Bozulich (whose performance is so compelling, you'll forget about both Lydia Lunch and Patti Smith) and you have a strong contender for record of the year."

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