......here is the review of Tigermilk from the Metro: Belle and Sebastian inspire an evangelical devotion in those who get them, and contemptuous cries to bring back the Sex Pistols in those who don't. The long-awaited CD edition of their first album Tigermilk, recorded in five days in 1996, is released today, and although it compromises the mythical status that hangs over Belle and Sebastian like a halo (the limited edition vinyl copies alledgedly change hands for £800), it also disrupts the idea in the opposition camp that Belle and Sebastian are little more than a bunch of fairies at the bottom of the garden. I'm with the evangelicals. Tigermilk is a bit like a piece of silver, an album that becomes more lustrous with familiarity. These are songs with resounding strength and depth, feistily pretty rather than soppily beautiful. They possess a rhapsodic coherence that, quite simply, makes sense. And each is a beguilingly quiet horror story of abuse, insanity and alienation that belies the exquisite sound in which they are crafted. There are damp moments - notably the jarring scarth of Electronic Renaissance - but every other song, from the edgy folk-pop swing of Expectations to the fragile We Rule the School, weaves a sublime but disquieting spell. Such is the religion of Belle and Sebastian, however, that all this is either preaching to the converted, or a pointless ramble at those who couldn't care less. p. -- -----------------------------*||*-------------------------------- "Reality never seems to work out quite the way you want it to..." Pete Ramsdale - Unix Systems Administration, Warburg Dillon Read Phone: 0171 568 3836 -----------------------------*||*-------------------------------- This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+