Oh, how happy am I? Damn happy. I'm walking past Two Way Pull records here in Chapel Hill yesterday, fully expecting that they wouldn't yet have their copies of TIGGERJAMMIES in, and what have they written on their "lo-fi marketing" chalkboard? This: "New Belle and Sebastian EP in...Yay!" Well, yay indeed! So I broke down their door (it was unlocked, but I like the drama) and demanded that they sell me one. And they had about 20 copies of it, 10 on CD, 10 on vinyl! This is about the best import service I've ever seen. I'm so impressed. Of course, now I'm going to have two copies when my copy from Jeepster arrives in the mail. But that's okay...one can live in my car the other can live in my bedroom, and when I find suitable parents for one of them, I'll gladly give it up. And speaking of cars, I've noticed that Modern Rock Song especially sounds so much better in my car. I don't know what it is, but as I was listening to it on the way home yesterday, I was beaming from ear to ear. Then when I listened to it in my bedroom last night, I still loved it, but it didn't have the same effect. "First listen effect" I figured. But then when I listened to it again this morning, I was whisked back to the heady, wonderful days of, um, yesterday. Anyway, Modern Rock Song=stunning. I still think that it has even more potential (if you can believe that), but it does sound phenomenal. Does Stuarts voice sound a little weird to anyone? Stevie's voice sounds phenomenal. My favorite part is when he starts singing. ...Where the Summer goes: great melody. It's going to get stuck in my head a billion times over the course of the next few months. Some of Stuart's best lyrics in a long time, too. I'll have to listen to it a few more times to pick up the nuances. I don't mind The Gate so much. I guess it's one of those things where I can see both sides. I think it's a nice song, with a catchy melody and good arrangement, etc. But so far, there's not much that makes me want to go back to it over and over. Maybe I'm just writing this all a bit prematurely. Slow Graffiti is still one of my all-time favorites. The horns sound fantastic, and I love the way Stuart tweaked the vocal melody. One thing I'd like to point out to see if anyone's noticed is that just after the line "take whatever's coming to you, boy", it sounds like Stevie lets out these two extra "boy"'s. Someone tell me I'm not crazy, please. To answer a question about musicians, I am one. Drummer first, guitarist, songwriter. It takes me for fucking ever to write a song. I'm possibly the slowest songwriter in the world. It sounds like what you think it'd sound like: someone who's into B&S, Rufus Wainwright and Grenadine. </self indulgence> ~~Reid +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+