Sinister: Sinister Solicitation Sheet

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Thought some of you might find the following Matador retail solicitation
sheet on Sinister interesting, factual reading....

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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

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