Sinister: The Bathers Etc.

[stephen troussé]

I was browsing in Virgin the other day, and I came across three records by
the Bathers. One of the records was called Kelvingrove Baby, and I seem to
remember they were on the bill of the B&S show in Glasgow earlier this
year. Are they any good? They're on Marina, who I think did that tribute to
Postcard a while back, which is probably a good sign. I need advice because
my bank account dictates that I can't be quite as cavalier in my record
purchasing as I would like!

On a literary tip, I remember reading in an interview in Select that Stuart
was heavily influenced by the work of CS Lewis, the Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe guy. Though I'm damned if I can see any evidence. Some of the
songs remind me of the short stories of Lorrie Moore, however.

Finally: Hal Hartley. I remember when The Unbelievable Truth came out  in
the mid-eighties, Hartley was saying that he was trying to do in cinema
what the Smiths and other English indie bands were doing in music. So with
his influence on B&S, the debt seems to have come full circle.

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