Fans of their earlier work should be quite pleased of the (currently available for pre-order forthcoming Books Album, The Way Out. While much of the album has the outfit refining a sound cultivated over a series of experimental yet unalienating albums, they forge a new sonic territory somewhere between Sgt. Peppers and Prince Paul.

The Books – I Didn’t Know That (right click to download) 5:10 mins/ 320 kbps/ 5.92MB

The Books – The Story of Hip Hop (right click to download) 4:30 mins/ 320 kbps/ 7.74MB

For those that slept, the first single from the album was included in the Raised In Cassettes mix a while back.