Strytelling - Belle & Sebastian

I must admit, I haven't really heard much about Belle and Sebastian. My wife was given this album recently by a friend who didn't particularly want it any more, and I'm not surprised. It's not my style of music, indeed, it seems to be a bit of a mix. The Scottish Indie musical combination is interlaced with dialogue and pure instrumental tracks, and it is confusing and often distorted. However, there are elements within the album that are very relaxing and of a high musical quality. We are restricted to instrumental tracks with speaking voices for virtually the first half of the album, and when the vocals do come in, they seem rather out of place and surreal. ...  Read the complete review

As a Belle and Sebastian fan, I must be brutally honest about this one, and admit that it isn't up to the quality of previuos offerings from the Scottish indie outfit. For a start there is a load of dialogue on here which might mean something if you've seen the film, and i haven't, so this is not a good start for someone who owns everything that Belle and Sebastian have previousley released. Another negative point is that lyrical content is sparse, this could be down to the fact that this has been written to go alongside a film, and whoever directed the film will have had a lot do do with what was used and what was dropped. Maybe there was a whole ...  Read the complete review