GoodBooks is an English indie pop band originating from Sevenoaks in Kent. They first received media attention upon releasing their self-published EP Valves and Robots in June 2005. The band signed to Transgressive Records in late-2005 for one single and released "Walk With Me" in April, before being snapped up by Columbia Records shortly after.

GoodBooks released their debut lp Control on July 30th 2007; it’s streamable on-demand on Last.fm, and available to buy from iTunes with 3 bonus tracks. There is a canyon, through which the river of music should flow. On one side of the canyon there is a great verge of cheese, which is the smelly kind, in a bad way. This must be avoided. On the other side is a great verge of indeterminate obscurity. Elements of this obscurity are wonderful, yet as with the cheese, for a good river you need bot