Sinister: Tune It!

[The Stoat]

I just picked up a copy of "Up a Tree" this week, and have been listening 
to it quite a bit.  I like it.  It's not [Insert Name of Your All-Time 
Favortie Album Here], but it's whimsical.  And I like the use of the 
"idee fixe" - it helps to tie it all together.  BUT - my biggest 
complaint/criticism has to do with the out-of-tune instruments on "Quiet 
and Small."  It's a pleasant enough song.  I just wish some time had been 
taken to tune the instruments before it was recorded.  I've heard that 
out-of-tune playing and singing can sometimes be used as an expressive 
device, but I'm not sure that this is what's happening here.

As for the B&S content of this message - the same can be said for "The 
Boy Done Wrong Again."  Great song, but the intonation does tend to set 
the teeth on edge, doesn't it?

andrew
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