Sinister: This is just a modern life in a northern town

[João Henrique Horst - Refrescos Guararapes Ltda.]

The Jeepster parcel appeared on my bed last friday.
I had never heard any of the EP songs before. In none of the versions.
As I was kind of tired, after my first DJing night ever (probably the last),
the idea of hibernating for 13 hours letting the record play on, ad eternum,
seemed ok.
I woke up fine. I had dreamt of Sinatra and come to some conclusion: TIJAMRS
is quite similar to one of my all time faves - Dream Academy's "Life In A
Northern Town".
Why not ?

Jh
pushing the town away




-----Mensagem original-----
De: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar at xnet.com>
Para: sinister at majordomo.net <sinister at majordomo.net>
Data: Domingo, 13 de Dezembro de 1998 20:37
Assunto: Sinister: new EP


>
>The new EP arrived Thursday.
>
>What you get is a well-balanced, 20-minute dose of Belle and Sebastian. If
>you saw them live, or if you do some tape-trading, then probably you know
>at least 2 or 3 of the songs already.
>
>"This is Just a Modern Rock Song" is more polished than the session
>version, but not especially different.  It simply does better justice to
>the song's potential.  The playing and singing are more confident.  If
>someone had asked, though, I might have suggested "more feeling" (whatever
>that is supposed to mean) at the start.
>
>I only knew "I Know Where The Summer Goes" from hearing it once at the
>recent live show (Chicago), but the melody was already in my head anyway.
>I wonder how many takes they did. Probably not many. The song came out
>perfectly well live, and aside from the clearer sound that is coming from
>your stereo (I hope) it is probably no better and no worse than you
>remember either.
>
>"The Gate" is a worthy song.  However, I would like it much more if
>someone else sang it.  Isobel's voice may work marvelously in the
>background, but her breathy, weak, uncontrolled singing is problematic for
>lead vocals.  Not only that, but she'll give herself nodes if she keeps
>this up.  I prescribe vocal exercises and probably some coaching: learn to
>project from the diaphragm, and do pitch-matching with the piano.
>
>BTW, Steve's voice sounds better to me when he is not trying as hard.
>Compare the radio version of "Seymour Stein" to the LP version.  Just
>sing it, and put it on tape.
>
>Beyond the fact that Isobel could do serious damage in the long term, the
>female voice has the potential to be so much more agile than the male
>voice.  So, to my ears, clumsiness sounds that much more clumsy in a
>female voice.
>
>I also had a session version of "Slow Graffiti".  The EP version is
>extremely similar in the first section, and the arrangement in the second
>section -- the horns/winds especially -- really gels this time.  Since the
>version on the Acid House s/t is supposed to be different, I will try to
>hunt that down.  This must be one of their strongest songs, and the lineup
>on the s/t looked pretty decent as well.
>
>--Mark
>
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