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Book of Silk is the fourth album of Tin Hat Trio. It is a modern chamber music work, encompassing jazz in the Django and Grappelli vein with a haunting, acoustic soundscape that might have served as a film score.
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz | (positive) [1] |
| AllMusic |    |
| BBC | (positive) [3] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [4] |
| PopMatters | {positive} [5] |
Reviews were uniformly positive, with critics noting the more introspective and entirely instrumental turn (save for the closing lullaby).
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