Trouble Books

Knitting together found sounds, quirky synthesizers, and twinkly organic instrumentation, Trouble Books combine eclecticism (something along the lines of <a href="spotify:artist:7Ht57YadlBXcFJDK3plmhO">the Microphones</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4UvhuGdFf75Cfan7lEU1J1">the Books</a>) with dreamy indie pop sensibilities (bringing to mind acts like <a href="spotify:artist:3h100hRlLZ7QDz8GRt5QsD">Lullatone</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1srUxd7Sj9tebPN1O8wEi8">Tenniscoats</a>). Keith Freund and Linda Lejsovka, who are married, formed Trouble Books in Ohio in the early 2000s; they recruited the help of their friends in recording Trouble Books' first albums, with Mike Tolan (<a href="spotify:artist:2Rjc6yThK4bYey9m7PaPFs">talons'</a>) often filling in as a third member of the band. Trouble Books' debut album, The United Colors of Trouble Books, recorded in late 2007, was released on Bark & Hiss Records in 2008, and an EP, Endless Pool, was released the following year. The group's sophomore full-length, Gathered Tones, was released on Bark & Hiss and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Own+Records%22">Own Records</a> in the spring of 2010. ~ TiVo Staff, Rovi