Old Books EP

Since moving down to New Orleans recently from small-town Ruston in Northern Louisiana (same town that gave us Neutral Milk Hotel), the members of Giant Cloud have tried to embrace the collective energy of the far more metropolitan big city hub. Not necessarily the first bunch of much-bearded, mild-mannered, old souled musical gypsy types that you’d expect to cozy up to a city’s utter fixation with its professional football team, but with complete ease and respect of regional and American traditions, the young quintet broke out a 12 pack of budget beer, embraced Louisiana peasant food with a communal pot of jambalaya, and talked through details of their first bio -- all while watching the local football team’s quest to extend its perfect record to 9-0 on an otherwise lazy Sunday afternoon.'