Sinister: WARNING: More Legal Speak

[Kevan Cooke]

hello folks,

lots has happened since i last posted.  eurovision for one thing.
i know a lot of you were rooting for latvia, but norway had my
support all the way.  how on earth did denmark win?  it was a
blummin disgrace.

in the world of twee guitar pop, the brittle stars split up, but
le coupe released their debut single, so things sort of balanced
out there.

bjork won best actress at cannes, and john gielgud died the next
day, although the two facts may not be connected.

steven wells was frothing belligerently as usual.  he always goes
on about how bands should be more political, and yet *he* chooses
to spend his time writing reviews of pop records.  you see what
i'm saying don't you?

the other thing that happened was that belle and sebastian released
a new record for the first time in over eighteen months, and since
no one else has bothered to write in with their thoughts i guess
i'll have to do it.  you lot are such slackers.

LEGAL MAN

no one seems to have mentioned the bongos.  am i the only one who
hears bongos?  am i?  i can't really hear the northern soul
influence that was bandied about before the record's release, the
whole thing is pleasingly cacophonous in a psych garage girl group
easy listening sort of way.  fun, but not really northern soul, and
not really belle and sebastian either.

JUDY IS A DICK SLAP

as nick and lucy have suggested, the first few bars ARE "born to be
wild", but after 12 seconds it goes all joe meek, with the keyboard
sound that dominates the rest of the track lifted straight from geoff
goddard's clavioline lead on telstar.  the sound of mick's trumpet on
the extended version is pleasantly familiar amongst the chuggy chuggy
bleepiness of it all.  i like stereolab, but this isn't stereolab,
this isn't even quickspace.

WINTER WOOSKIE

feels more like traditional b&s, though that may just be because i've
known it for a while.  i rather like what they've done with the song
though - particularly the choral style of the backing vocals.  mind
you, i still prefer paper boat.

overall you can't help the feeling that this misfit collection of
songs is the stuff that didn't really fit in on the new album, but
which the band still wanted to release anyway.  if it means that the
album is less disjointed and has a more flowing then that's great.

why is the letter on the back cover addressed to stevie, is he in
charge, or does each band member get sent an identical letter each
time jeepster want to write to them?

talking of jeepster, i like the way they've dropped "disques" into
their name on the sleeve, very del boy trotter.  is it going to be
a permanent feature maintenent?

back to lurkland,
kevan



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