Belle and Sebastian are not yours. There, I've said it. They're never going to make another record like "Tigermilk" or "Sinister", they've grown up a bit and it sounds and is good. If you want to be disappointed, you'll find a way. After "Legal Man" I was quite worried, but my fears have been assuaged. The songs are strong and well-done, and the little part after the line "Oh what's the fucking point at all" in "The Chalet Lines" where you can hear Stuart swallow is amazing. Oh, and "Beyond the Sunrise" is fab, even if I think that it would have worked much better as a B-side. I left my copy of the new album on my desk at work today as I went to the restroom, and when I returned someone was eagerly flipping through the liner notes. So I found a B&S fan in Delaware! Isn't it weird how two people that don't know each other at all can proceed to having a 10-minute conversation about music? Pauses between the "sides" of albums: has anyone else noticed this? On all four, there's a 10-13 second gap of silence where the tracks are split in half, like they would be on a tape or record. Is this a common CD trick, or have I noticed something really quite bizarre and uncommon? Bye, Eric P.S. Spin review of the album: http://www.spin.com/heavy/bigrotation/ "If you start out depressed, everything's a pleasant surprise." -Lloyd Dobler +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+