Shekaru biyu da suka gabata Beck ta sanar da cewa, za ta buga 'Song Reader', littafin da ba a buga ba na makin kiɗan da ke ɗauke da waƙoƙi 20 (da kuma shafukan fasaha sama da 100) waɗanda kawai za a ji idan an fassara abun da kayan kiɗan, ga ɗaya daga cikin da yawa. yunƙurin filayen kiɗa na asali a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Tun lokacin da aka saki Song Reader a cikin waƙar takarda a cikin Disamba 2012, Beck ba da daɗewa ba ya ba da sigar kiɗan waɗannan waƙoƙin kuma koyaushe ana yin su kai tsaye.
A ranar Talatar da ta gabata (8), daidai da cikarsa shekaru 44, mawaƙin Californian ya sanar da cewa a ƙarshe ya kawo waɗancan waƙoƙin zuwa ɗakin na'urar da kuma cewa sautin sautin. Mai karanta waka Za a sake shi ranar 29 ga Yuli mai zuwa. Duk da cewa Beck ne ya rubuta dukkan wakokin, saidai tsani na sama kawai ake yin shi azaman soloist.
Sauran wakoki goma sha tara an yi su tare alatu baƙi, irin su Jack White, Norah Jones, Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Laura Marling, David Johansen (New York Dolls), Bob Forrest (Thelonious Monster) da kuma Jack Black. Mawaƙin ya bayyana cewa ra'ayin yin rikodin waɗannan waƙoƙin ya fito ne daga sauraron wasan kwaikwayo na sauran masu fasaha. Beck ya lura a cikin wata sanarwa: “Na ji dadin jin yadda wadannan mawakan suka tsara wadannan wakoki kuma a cikin haka suka nuna cewa wasan kwaikwayon shi ne abin da ke zuwa rayuwa. Wadannan fassarori sun sanya littafin wani sabon abu, wani abu mafi kyau."