YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS: I beseech everyone on this list to find a copy of their one album, _Colossal Youth_. Crepescule released it on CD; it's fairly easily found. Extremely minimal postpunk: just a choppy guitar, melodic bass and Alison Statton's indescribably pure, sweet vocals. The whole album feels submerged in a slightly spooky darkness. I don't quite see early Cure or Joy Division comparisons, but they are all from the same era. Speaking of which, Rykodisc has just released the Gist's Embrace The Herd on CD; they were Stuart Moxham's band/project immediately after YMG split up. It's an album of melodic experiments that actually sounds more timely today than upon its release. Um, I could go on about this for hours. If anyone is interested in knowing more, I do a website about them: http://members.aol.com/ymgpage. Please contribute to the message board; it's pretty much dominated by the same 4 people these days and needs some new blood. How to tie this into Belle & Sebastian...gosh, I can't, really. YMG and B&S are two of my very favorite bands; does that count? mike ciflux@aol.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+