Hello. B&S get Record of the Week in El Pais newspaper. There's a picture of Isobel thoughtfully trying to get the wax out of her ear with her finger, as seen in the Cd booklet. The review would probably seem a lot better if we hadn't read so many lately, but in the interests of trainspotterish completism, here is a rough translation: Bitter Softness: the British group distill whispering and studenty pop. Since the beginnings of Al Stewart ("Bedsitter Chronicles", 1967), there has been a school of singer-songwriters in the UK who express themselves with crappy guitars and sing softly, so as not to bother the neighbours or out of pure embarrassment. B&S act anonymously and make pop that is both homemade and extremely refined that one expects of artistes that recorded for Cherry Red or El records in the eighties. To avoid the sorry destiny of their predecessors, the group reject thematic twatty tweeness, talk about love with a certain rawness and show British audacity (in "Seymour Stein" they take the piss out of the record company chief of the same name). At first glance, they seem to be simple student troubadours, but they exhibit "hip" sarcasm and unusual musical references (Motown! Acid Jazz!). In fact, their perversity goes as far as "wasting" some of their best songs in the EPs that they release between LPs. Curious, my dear Watson. Diego A. Manrique ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - I swear I didn't make that last line up. Conclusive proof that journalists the world over are tuned in and turned on to Sinisterine activity. There's also a half page advertisement, featuring an even greener Chris Geddes even closer up. It looks like a still from Andy Warhol's film "Blow Job". I bought "Here, My Dear" by Marvin Gaye. It reminds me a bit of "Exile On Main Street", in so far as it's quite long and sounds like shit at first, but then starts to sound really good. I like that, much better than the other way round. Bobby C +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+