Sinister: Thinking Of A Snappy Subject Is Always The Hardest Part

[David Moore]

Hi Fragrant Ones,

In preparation for Sunday's family outing to the gig at The Improv I've
been listening to The Jumble Sales album several times over the last couple
of days. (Which is easier to do than you might think, seeing as it weighs
in at a rather scrawny 31 minutes  :(  ). 

Immediate grabbers, apart from the two P!O!P tunes we know and love from
the single, are the country flavoured "Renew & Restore" (pretty tune
vaguely remniscent of the Grateful Dead's "Ripple" (!) and excellent Glen
D. Hardin piano from Christopher Thomas Geddes) and what I think is the
real jewel in the crown, "A Chapter in The Life Of Mathiew" (Even prettier
tune, catchy chorus, beautiful tinkly guitar/piano/glockenspiel playing,
breathy background vocals from Mrs Murdoch's talented son.) Can't get it
out of my head: a fantastic track which wouldn't shame, or be out of place
on, a Belle and Sebastian album. And what finer compliment could there be
than that?

Non B&S content?  I still have to shake my head and jig about whenever I
hear "Flat Beats", and I'm getting whiplash/RSI from those speeded up bits.

David Moore
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