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If You're Feeling Sinister

Item: If You're Feeling Sinister
Rating: 8.5
Author: aoty

Belle and Sebastian (1996)

8.5/ 10

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We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pitchfork with a full week dedicated to Sunday Reviews of great albums from 1996. Today we revisit the marvelous, cult-forming second album from the Scottish indie-pop group: a deceptively complex set of character studies overflowing with compassion, humor, and hooks.

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Belle and Sebastian are a seven-member ensemble from Glasgow, Scotland, that create elaborate yarns backed by equally elaborate arrangements. If You're Feeling Sinister, their lush, strings-and-piano-driven second album, stands in stark contrast to much contemporary pop for a couple of reasons: Not only is it unabashedly gentle, but the album is completely narrative driven. All […]

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