I don’t think I realised how much I love Belle & Sebastian until I made up this massive BS playlist earlier on tonight. I’ve been playing through twelve years of music by the artists that brought you such hits as Step Into My Office, Baby, and I’m paralysed with beautiful indie pop bliss.
I’ve always liked them, sure, but either I’m music starved or listening on a completely different plane today, because the music is so much richer, deeper, and more lyrically whimsical than I ever remember it being. I’m massively enjoying their latest two studio albums “Dear Catastrophe Waitress” and “The Life Pursuit,” both of which seem to be the culmination of a decade worth of real musicians refining their sound.
That’s not to say their old stuff isn’t as good as their new stuff; “If You’re Feeling Sinister” is a beautiful adventure in thematic exploration. I’m sounding like a music wanker now, but I’m in the middle of one of those musical epiphanies you get once in a while when you all of a sudden appreciate a piece a whole lot more than you have in the past.
If you’re looking to get a feel for them give one of their later albums a spin, or if you’re feeling more adventurous pick up the live album The BBC Sessions released last month; a compilation of their work spanning ’96 through 2001. A recommended risten if you’re looking to get yourself a bit of culture.
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