It's been a while since I last posted here, but no-one has posted this
yet and I thought... why not? I'm a little lazy to write it myself, so
I'll just copy-paste from Pitchfork (thanks Stacey for the link in
Facebook):
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After an internet-wide talent search, Belle and Sebastian leader
Stuart Murdoch's long-in-the-works latest project-- a twee musical
called God Help the Girl-- is finally coming to fruition. The
soundtrack, featuring new Murdoch songs and a couple reworked B&S
favorites, is due June 23 on Matador in North America (June 22 on
Rough Trade in Europe). First single "Come Monday Night" is out May
11, but you can hear it right now on the God Help the Girl MySpace.
Along with the work of a 45-piece orchestra conducted by Withnail & I
composer Rick Wentworth, the upcoming album features vocals from
Murdoch himself, his B&S cronies, Asya from Smoosh, online finds
Brittany Stallings and Dina Bankole, and Neil Hannon of the Divine
Comedy.
But it's Scottish newcomer Catherine Ireton who takes top billing--
she sings on 10 of the record's 14 tracks. So who is this overnight
twee idol? Well, if she looks like she belongs on the cover of a Belle
and Sebastian record, it's probably because she was already on the
cover of a Belle and Sebastian record (2006 single "White Collar
Boy"). She's also one half of acoustic pop duo the Go Away Birds, who
currently have 1,017 plays on their MySpace at press time. Expect that
number to rise. Based on the Go Away Birds tracks and the Ireton
showcase "Come Monday Night", B&S stalwarts shouldn't have much
trouble falling for her.
God Help the Girl tracklist (including who sings what) after the jump:
God Help the Girl:
01 Act of the Apostle (Catherine Ireton)
02 God Help the Girl (Catherine Ireton)
03 Pretty Eve in the Tub (Stuart Murdoch and Catherine Ireton)
04 A Unified Theory (Instrumental)
05 Hiding Neath My Umbrella (Catherine Ireton and Stuart Murdoch)
06 Funny Little Frog (Brittany Stallings)
07 If You Could Speak (Catherine Ireton and Anna Miles)
08 Musician Please Take Heed (Catherine Ireton)
09 Perfection as a Hipster (Neil Hannon and Catherine Ireton)
10 Come Monday Night (Catherine Ireton)
11 Music Room Window (Instrumental)
12 I Just Want His Jeans (Asya)
13 I'll Have to Dance With Cassie (Catherine Ireton)
14 A Down and Dusky Blonde (Dina Bankole, Catherine Ireton, Celia
Garcia, Brittany Stallings, Asya)
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It's all great but... twee? I thought we were past that word...
Anyways, great news for us all.
--
Javi Sorribes
javiersorribes(a)miperronotienenariz.com
http://www.miperronotienenariz.com
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Eric Erasure can, and indeed does, speak for himself. Personally I am neither married, in a committed relationship, in an uncommitted relationship, in a sitcom, in a shack, standing to reason, getting laid all the time, or near the mark. Isn't Eric also writing a website about computer games? I think he should use sinister to promote that.
It's good to hear from droll Kenneth, but his story was a bit repulsive - reminiscent in that respect of a very long post that Tim Hopkins sent in, oh, early 1999 perhaps. Crikey, that is over 10 years ago.
I am glad to know that I am finally allowed to post to sinister again, though I don't expect everyone else feels the same way.
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+-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+
+-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+
+-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+
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Hello Sinisters,
I haven't been posting very much lately because I made a promise to myself a while ago that I wasn't going to post here until I get laid so I could boast about getting laid on this list. However it's been too long and also nobody else has been talking about getting laid recently.. What is going on? Have you all taken up celibacy? Come on let your celibate days be over and tell me about all your dirty deeds (ones related to this email's subject title particularly welcome)
Amy must be super informed as she somehow knew of the super impromptu SINISTER PICNIC that happened at ATP2009! It was amazing, loads of people turned up including FEATHER B, STUART H, GINA T, JAMES T, IAN A, ROBIN S, KEN C!! We played darts, and watched teh footeh! Then Robin S went off for a poo and Ian A got worried that when Robin didn't return for a while (possibly a testament to Finnigan's fish and chips). Some of us gave Kimya Dawson a group hug. It was all crazy stuff. I also totally pwned the dude from Shellac at poker that weekend and won loads of cash \m/
And then tomorrow I'm off to Barcelona for Primavera! Hurrah! I've just learnt how to say "¿usted quiere volver al hotel conmigo tener sexo?", so when I come back, I'll probably post about how I got laid.
Hasta Luego
Ken
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I second Honey's request for Birmingham news. On that train of thought
it would be good to hear about the ATP meet too.
We're just two months away from Indietracks fest
(http://www.indietracks.co.uk) I'm guessing there's a few
Sinisterites past and present who will be going so I wondered if there
was any interest in arranging a meet up during the weekend...? There's
still tickets available from Ticketweb. I'd start a facebook event but
only have three Sinister friends on there and one of those three
doesn't do festivals anymore. Besides, it would be nice to generate
some list action.
I'm not going to Glasto this year unfortunately but I did notice that
on the usual Siniglasto slot of Thurs night there is a new stage open
with bands on all night which is a bonus. For those of you that do
usually imbibe from the Brother's pear cider (perry) bar you should be
able to get 2 litre bottles to take with you.
I'm glad I've subscribed to the God Help The Girl releases but was a
bit miffed when my Come Monday Night 7" single ends abruptly when the
song doesn't seem to have finished on both sides. At least it's not
warped or scratched like a The Boy Least Likely To release that I
purchased.
Has anyone got any exciting trips planned? I'm having to defer to next
year as I'm waiting to see if I can start back at work.
Bye for now...
...Amy
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> Now, I keep hearing rumours that mails are bouncing to
> Sinister. If you
> send a mail and it doesn't get through, please mail
> me! I am Honey, I
> can fix it (maybe) but I need to know.
I'm afraid I am one of those whose mails to sinister have bounced for years, which is why I haven't written. Let's try this.
the pinefox
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