Kevin,
  I am going to read your review right away[always enjoy your pop 
enthusiasm].Just let me say that I have ben following Belle and Sebastian 
since the beginning.Lots of ups and downs.Always a cool tune to keep you 
happy.But they have turned a corner of late.The last two are a real effort 
to nail down some catchy pop."The Life Pursuit" is perhaps their best work 
yet.The piano led opener,"Act of the apostle"sets the pace sweetly.I love it 
more and more each play.I am reading great live reviews as well.I do 
recommend you check out "Dear Catastrophe Watress" .It is a real cool 
album.I want to check out their recent live recording of their first album.
Now off to "power of pop" to see what you think.

   Gene


>From: "Kevin Mathews" <kevin@powerofpop.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: New Belle and Sebastian
>Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:30:50 +0800
>
>Y'know, I have to confess that I had unconsciously decided to not like 
>Belle and Sebastian due to some of the hype that surrounded them but have 
>to say that I've changed my mind after listening to the new album, The Life 
>Pursuit. I've posted my review up to www.powerofpop.com if any one likes to 
>know more...
>
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