Thought some of you might find the following Matador retail solicitation sheet on Sinister interesting, factual reading.... ________________________ Now available on Matador Records, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN If You're Feeling Sinister C21Z/C41J - 56713 Full price CD $10.98 list Cassette · SoundScanning 600 units a week · In July, Matador/Capitol will be releasing BELLE AND SEBASTIAN's much- anticipated new album. · Compilation of UK EPs in September The cult story of the year, the sporadically unavailable ex-Enclave debut by Glasgow's BELLE AND SEBASTIAN is a triumphantly melancholy folk-pop masterpiece. Layering Stuart Murdoch's plaintive vocals over twelve-string guitars, occasional brass and strings and a scattered, harmonied pulsing beat, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN's nine members weave a gorgeous tapestry of sound with nods to Nick Drake, Bridget St. John and Orange Juice. Now available again on Matador/Capitol, If You're Feeling Sinister has been SoundScanning 600 units a week with no radio, no tour and very limited availability. It has been been placing on every major year end list, however (see below). YEAR END POLLS: Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll #8 Spin #18 Album of the Year CMJ 1997 Jackpot Album; #15 Top 200 '97 NME #22 Single of the Year "People don't just like Belle & Sebastian, they're hopelessly devoted to them. Among tonight's collection of hipsters, Habitat squares, C86 revivalists and out-patients, there are people who've trekked from America and Japan. Why? Because the Belle & Sebastian songbook is crammed with tales of feckless idealists who, although hemmed in by boorish reality, demand the earth. We've a diquieting sense that they harbour the sane, giddily romantic part of us that age has whittled away. And they make our compromised spirits soar anew." -- Melody Maker "Now with the Enclave defunct, the band has unsurprisingly become one of the most hotly sought-after acts around. Unfortunately, until an American licensing deal is signed, fans on this side of the Atlantic will have to look for future Belle and Sebastian releases in the import bins." -- CMJ "...these Scots couple chaste songs to subtle perversions... these sad, swoony songs [nick] everything from Nick Drake to bossa nova to Merseybeat..." -- Spin Matador & Capitol logo ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------