Sinister: The Times 'Metro' section review of The Boy

[jon g.]

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Hey kids!

My dad reads the Times - this is the review from the Metro section today:

"
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BELLE & SEBASTIAN
The Boy with the Arab Strap
(Jeepster)

BELLE AND Sebastian are an elegant
construction.  They combine the dextrous
instrumentation of Tindersticks, the evocative
lyricisim of the Go Betweens and the pastoral
melancholy of Nick Drake.  And they are often
breathtakingly beautiful, as proved on 1997's three
EPs, which featured the stunning Lazy Line Painter
Jane.  Despite shunning publicity, they have built
themselves a loyal following.  While their second (? - jon)
album doesn't quite reach the heights of the EPs, the
consistent songwriting will keep the fans happy
and ensnare more.  Seymour Stein, for instance, is
lazily luscious, and the rumbustious folk Motown
of Dirty Dream Number Two infectious.  And the way
the title track lifts the opening of Queen's Crazy
Little Thing Called Love before embarking on a tale
of seedy sex is delicious.

Paul Connolly

"

The metro section is regional, so the nottingham gig is not featured in my
copy, but if you look on the website:

"

The Big Gig



BELLE & SEBASTIAN
IF YOU are not familiar with the music of Belle & Sebastian (above), this
Scottish group is not going to help you out much. They seem bemused by
publicity and do not do anything to help sell their calm, fertile music
which follows the same path as bands such as Teenage Fanclub, Jesus and Mary
Chain, Arab Strap and Mogwai. It may sound like a cliché, but you only need
to listen to their new album, The Boy With the Arab Strap, out on Monday on
Jeepster records, to feel included in their post-folk music. And their
appeal is growing: the date at the 2,000-capacity Shepherds Bush Empire sold
out two weeks ago. The band are currently planning another, massive London
gig in a location to cope with their large volume of fans. This is the
future; groups who put themselves, and their music, ahead of the
machinations of the music industry hype machine.

CHARLIE PORTER

Marcus Garley Centre, Nottingham, September 5, 7pm, £9 (0115-915 0025);
Shepherds Bush Empire, London, September 7, 7pm, sold out (0171-771 2000)

"
The Telegraph wrote:

"
Belle and Sebastian Whimsical seven-piece ensemble from Glasgow, with a
small but evangelical following; their music is an abnormally quiet amalgam
of disparate influences. Marcus Garvey Centre, Nottingham (0115 942 0281),
today; Shepherd's Bush Empire, London W12 (0181-740 7474), Mon.

"

So there you go.

See you Nottingham hipsters later,

There's not going to be a hurricane anymore.  which is nice.

love
jon g.
jon.g at btinternet.com - http://surf.to/jongandbethey


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