Belle and Sebastian "Tigermilk" (1996)
Belle and Sebastian was formed by Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David, who
had enrolled in a course in Glasgow for unemployed musicians. Their
drummer Richard Coburn was in a music business course that would release
a single each year as part of their programme. Not only was the
Stuarts' single chosen, but the music business course were impressed
enough to back them for a full album release.
The players the two Stuarts had been working coalesced into a band proper and the album was recorded quickly.
The songs were all written by Stuart Murdoch and have a great sort of
indie-pop vibe which delves alternatively into folk and rock sounds.
The track "Expectations"
is great and sounds like a blueprint for the band Beirut (who I also enjoy). About
halfway through the band takes a bit of a left-turn into electronic pop
just to keep you guessing.
My main link to Belle and Sebastian's music had been through now-former band member Isobel Campbell's excellent albums with Mark
Lanegan. I'd previously been so-so about what I'd heard from B&S
themselves, but this album was definitely enjoyable.
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