[Watch] Bad Books Live Session for Baeble

If you've been reading SKoA for a while you might be aware that I (Shey) have a bit of a love for everything Andy Hull, whether it be Manchester Orchestra, Bad Books or Right Away, Great Captain! Today I was happy to see an email in the inbox in regards to Bad Books and a session featuring Andy and Kevin Devine recorded at Baeble HQ. It features them performing some tracks acoustically along with some interesting interviews between tracks. They perform "Forest Whitaker", "You're a Mirror I Cannot Avoid", "It Never Stops".

Bad Books' new album II is out now. Also, in related news, it looks like Manchester Orchestra are getting along nicely in their new sessions for a follow up to Simple Math going from the video posted on their Facebook the other week. Sounding rather loud! Lovely.

[Listen] Bad Books - 'II' (Full Album Stream)

If you've been reading SKOA for a while you may know that I am personally a huge Manchester Orchestra fan. A few years ago I was pleasantly surprised to hear Andy Hull had teamed up with Kevin Devine for a side project titled Bad Books. The band is rounded out with the other members of Manchester Orchestra and the result was a melting pot of creativity and influence, and I thoroughly enjoy album one.

They are now set to release album number two simply call, II. It will be released next week on October 9th but you can stream the second album right now via CoS below. The album has a variety of styles and isn't pigeon holed to the style we saw them undertake in "Forest Whitaker" in early August.

[Listen] Bad Books - "Forest Whitaker"

Bad Books, the project between Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine is set to return later this year with a new album, Bad Books II. We were very fond of the projects first release so it'll be interesting to see where this second album leads. Andy has said of the project that it's his "therapeutic outlet". This track starts a little left field and features a whistle melody, electronic video game like guitars and a big fat electric drum beat. See what you make of it after the jump courtesy of Rolling Stone.

Bad Books II is set for release on October the 9th.

[Download] Bad Books - "Thanklin Franklin (Fish Ass Baby)"

Yesterday the guys from Bad Books, Kevin Devine, Andy Hull and the rest of Mnchester Orchestera uploaded a track that a few of you may be familier with if you caught the band live late last year. Titled "Thanklin Franklin (Fish Ass Baby)", it's never officially been released as a B-Side, yet the band seem to perform it live at most dates they have performed with numerous youtube videos showing the lighter side to the boys. The song see's Kevin rapping, yes rapping! and it's good to see these boys can have a laugh and get down when needs be. 

Check it out below, and I'm sure we're going to be seeing more of some members of Bad Books with Manchester Orchestra last week announcing the release date of their new album Simple Math. Enjoy the funny side to Bad Books below via the Favourite Gentleman Soundcloud Page. Just note that on the Soundcloud page theres quite a few recently upped tracks from Andy Hull's solo project Right Away, Great Captain!  which is a nice added bonus.

Bad Books - Thanklin Franklin (Fish Ass Baby) by favoritegentlemen

[Watch x Download] Bad Books - "The Plan" (Built To Spill Cover)

We've previously been lucky enough to be given a video of Bad Books playing their track "Baby Shoes" from this very same show, back in December. Now the band has offered up another video via ApK media of their take of Built To Spill's "The Plan". Not only that but you can also grab yourself a free download of the audio too! 

It was filmed by Brian Lane of Brand New and his partner Dan Nevetta who together make up ApK Media.back when the peice was recorded Andy said. "That night was just an incredible environment where this new band of ours was able to take in an amazingly awesome and intimate setting." Check it out for yourself. Their debut LP is available for just $5 over on Amazon so why not grab a Tuesday bargain.

[Watch] Bad Books - "Baby Shoes" (Live @ Their Second Show Ever)

When I got introduced to Manchester Orchestra last year they excited me a lot and Andy Hull's voice just spoke to me like no other artists had and then this year it was announced that in between MancOrch's follow up to Mean Everything To Nothing the guys and Kevin Devine had hooked up to record an LP under the name Bad Books, I got more than a little excited. The album featured a 50/50 mix of songs written by Kevin Devine and Andy Hull and it was pretty darn good to say the least.

Spinner have just posted up a video of them performing "Baby Shoes" taken from their LP. It was filmed by Brian Lane of Brand New and his partner Dan Nevetta who together make ApK Media. In relation to the recording Andy said. "That night was just an incredible environment where this new band of ours was able to take in an amazingly awesome and intimate setting." Check out the great performance up top and if you've not grabbed it yet pick up the self titled LP from Bad Books over here.

[Watch] Bad Books - "You Wouldn't Have To Ask" (Video) + New Tour Dates

Check out the new Bad Books video for "You Wouldn't Have To Ask". Great video for a great song. Gotta say though, is it just me or does the drummer just look a little too happy? I mean, I know they're a really happy band because they're all buds and all, something just seems a bit...special? Maybe he's really playing up the whole 50's style thing really well.

Bad Books are also going to be doing some more shows! This time they're heading south, so be sure to check them out if you're in the area.

New dates after the jump!

11/24/10 - Atlanta , Center Stage
12/01/10 - Carrboro, Cats Cradle
12/2/10- West Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
12/3/10- Macon GA - The 567
12/4/10- Orlando, FL - The Social
12/5/10- Tampa FL - The Orpheum

[Watch] Manchester Orchestra - Live Session for Radio 104.5

With a busy tour schedule for Bad Books at the moment Andy Hull and Co managed to find time in between a BB show to play some Manchester Orchestra track for Radio 104.5. Not only this but we get an album title for Manc Orch's new studio offering that is to go by the title of Simple Math that will be set for release March 2011, you can watch the entire session above. The set consists of "I've Got Friends", "Shake It Out", "Baby Shoes" (From Bad Books S/T released last week) and finally the title track from Simple Math. The title track seems similar to songs from Mean Everything To Nothing in it's palm muted riffs followed by jabs at the strings that hurt the ears and come as kind of a shock if you've got the volume louder than you may have previously thought as Andy's singing voice can range from a whisper to a grit filled scream!

I personally cannot wait to hear the new album from Manchester Orchestra. Andy has a was of getting inside of my head and rattling out my deepest and darkest thoughts. I don't know if it's his finger picked guitar lines or his dark voice but it does something weird to me. Find out for yourself if it has the same profound effect on your head above. Roll on March 2011 and a little bit of Simple Math!