from the zine "Velocity" out of Chicago: Last year, IYFS turned a lark octet called Belle & Sebastian into a bit of a global cult. After various EPS, TBWTAS follows with more of the most exceptionally strange and unabashed pop music since ...well, imagine the Association as Scottish loafers and the aural picture only begins to form. There's also a hint of Sly & The Family Stone (not nearly so funky, of course), because Belle & Sebastian don't debate the fineries of genre. Apathetic about purism, they balance the twee tendencies of their folk-style reveries with elegantly spare musical elaborations-pure pop trumpet, lounge organ, yearning violin- and a cheerfully dark view of the world. They depict life without purpose, yet while they see narrow entrapment and parochialism, they escape across the discovery of their own potential. Their infectious music feels like the simplest revelation, the opening of vast possibilty in the banal; the real point, should there be one, to pop music. review written by Jon M. Gilbertson Pete +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+