Sinister: b&s in cmj

[FakingUpARampage at xxx.com]

hello all.. 

i felt like typing this up.  had you guys seen the thing that cmj printed 
last month? the 'open letter to belle and sebastian' where they made more 
mistakes then anything else. 

singles by Douglas Wolk, august 2000:

its a little perverse to release an album at the same time as a single thats 
not on it, but Belle & Sebastian is nothing if not a little perverse.  "Legal 
Man"is no where to be found on the band's new album Fold Your Hands Child You 
Walk Like A Peasant -- but it really wouldnt have fit in there anyway.  One 
hundred and sixty-two seconds of a groovy congo-driven beat with a lead 
sitar, novelty lyrics (for a love song in legal diction: Notwithstanding* 
provisions of clauses 1,2,3 and 4/ Extend the contractual period, me and you 
forevermore*), low budget organ and bleached-blonde girl-group backing 
vocals, ending with a call to go outside and enjoy the sunshine, its best 
understood in British tradition of Northern Soul: ultra-obscure 60s soul  45s 
played at casino discotheques in the North of England.  On the surface, its 
something of an aberration for the band, but on further reflection if fits in 
neatly with the group's fascination with youth culture -- and Northern soul 
that was the most joyful kind of youth culture Britain has ever had. The disc 
is rounded out by guitarist Stevie Jackson's tender "Winter Wooske," a 
longtime highlight of B&S shows, and a chirpy two-part instrumental 
inexplicably called "Judy Is a Dick Slap."

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xo
Jes
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