Bill Gould, Jared Blum and Dominic Cramp released the second Talking Book album on April 24th 2020. You can now watch the second video release for the track They Came At Dawn from the album put together by Cramp. Download the full album now. #talkingbook #billgould

Mike Bordin guests on The Trap Set with Joe Wong and Billy Gould guests on The Vinyl Guide with Nate Goyer. Mike talks with Joe Wong about his life in music starting with his early love of Black Sabbath, meeting Cliff Burton and his drums teachers. He describes how Epic changed his life and the commercial success of FNM. Mike Bordin delivers trance inducing rhythmic patterns with earth-shattering power. This inimitable style places him in the pantheon of all-time great rock d

In recent times we have seen Bill Gould involved in some rather unique projects. He produced Rockabul - a film about musical freedom in Afghanistan. He wrote accompanying prose for paintings by Balkan artist Slavko Krunić in the book Mausoleum of Perfection. Musically he has provided bass and production skills to Chilean hip hop on the latest Cómo Asesinar a Felipes albums and returned to his heavy roots guesting on Shane Embury's Tronos record. Talking Book II is no exce

The Faith No More bassist talks with host Daniel Cordova about Talking Book II, and life in San Francisco during covid-19 "San Francisco is an interesting place, coz you can get what you need here but there's space too. I'm comfortable where we are." Bill discusses how he met Jared Blum, the genesis of Talking Book and how the second album developed. "With this kind of music it can't be over produced. It's a little like cooking and we just didn't feel like it was there. It to

Talking Book is the soundscape project featuring Bill Gould, Jared Blum and Dominic Cramp. Their 2011 album was a fantastic abstract expressionistic recording which plays likes the soundtrack to a movie. It is dark and atmospheric yet still has an underlying warmth with rich textures and distinctive melodies. "It’s got a lot of subtle melodies and shifts parts a lot and progresses. There’s movement to it, so you kind of go down this sink hole with us." - Blum 2016 You can rea