Anti- has announced the signing of New York-based music collective Book of Knots. The band boasts a diverse resume, with members Matthias Bossi (Skeleton Key, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), Joel Hamilton (Sparklehorse, Elvis Costello, Unsane), Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, Frank Black, They Might Be Giants) and Carla Kihlstedt (Tin Hat Trio, Tom Waits, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and 2 Foot Yard).

The album, Traineater promises

Lyrically inspired, the group paints a haunting modern day portrayal of the United States' once fabled but now crumbling promised land, focusing on "the creaking girders, rusting chains, and grinding gears" of the American Rust-Belt,. Depicting cities like Cleveland, Youngstown, Toledo, and Detroit - all places that once were the definition of American motivation, progress and industry - Traineater chronicles the ruined monuments of an era gone by.

Boasting guests like Tom Waits, Mike Watt, David Thomas, Jon Langford and Carla Bozulich in the roles of foremen, assembly linemen and pensioners.

Described succinctly as "speaker-bending doom rock [with] scraping and swirling guitars, soaring string arrangments, rupturing bass, and plate-shattering drums. "

You can check out some music on their myspace page.