Sinister: unrock coffee house folk...

[Fluffy Sarah]

forwarded from brian...

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: If You're Feeling Sinister (The Enclave, November
1996) This instrument-switching Scottish outfit represented the ultimate
triumph of twee, that British subgenre that applies rock-style hipness
and amateurish fervor to unrock interests such as coffeehouse folk,
French 1960s pop and the works of Burt Bacharach. Casually led by real-
life choirboy and Smiths admirer Stuart Murdoch, Belle and Sebastian
attached cello, trumpet and strings to a skiffle beat and melodies
devised after hours of lonely listening to vintage Top Forty radio. Not
since Nick Drake had so quiet a band spoken so loudly.
I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!!
Sarah

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 +-+  "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+
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 +-+     "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp    +-+
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