Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

7 September 2018

Band: BELLE & SEBASTIAN

Album: THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP – third LP

Released: 7 September 1998 – 20 years ago

PITCHFORK review: “The Scottish band’s excellent third album features some of their darkest and most detailed songs. Wholly beautiful and delicate, it was Stuart Murdoch’s first reluctant step into the spotlight… The Boy With the Arab Strap is one of the more context-laden records
of its era but it doesn’t suffer from the lack of noise around it, and in many ways is better off without it… Here they sound like promise and hope; a gang of misfits so comfortable being
out of step with the world that they created their own.” – Score: 8.5/10 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME! says: When it comes to sepia colored pop melancholia
Belle & Sebastian are up there with the best songsmiths/dreamers.

ALBUM in full…

https://open.spotify.com/album/0PnuQg8OK4KoOPrwhgyKRQ?si=XQnhpbXqSTSQaeLe-nor4A
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BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Website – Facebook – All Albums

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