Pop and Politics

He has surely not! However, he has. Stuart Murdoch, charismatic head of the Glasgow indie lineup Belle And Sebastian, has published (s) a political album. Now make two or three lines of text and a gun on the cover of the sympathetic Quiet transgressors although still far from battle group, but by his standards Murdoch has yet reported unusual in recent weeks clearly word. Since he saw himself first compelled to explain his homeland in The Scotsman the attitude shift in matters independence referendum (England Seems to be a little bit lost - obsessed with immigration, obsessed with anti-European sentiment, All These negative things Maybe its just. Time to cast off and do our own thing.) and now he presented at the far ninth studio album Girls In Peacetime a few lyrics that you have not heard before from the band and let the suspect Murdoch with age something to ponder is advised.

The board actually starts with an entirely typical Belle And Sebastian Situation: Lying on my bed I was reading French, with the light too bright for my senses flatters Murdoch extent, so pensive, a little later, however, he is puzzled: If We live by books and we live by hope, does that make us targets for gunfire? Oops! Presently bombs fall in the Middle-East and Allie wants to hurt yourself sounds quite then, as if something is in duly otherwise peaceful universe of worldly bohemians in disarray. The delicate dreamy Single The Cat With The Cream surprised with the current time reference: Down amongst the old City Chambers, men in frocks debate all the policy changes, everybody bet on the boom and got busted, everybody bet and in the government Trusted Bank scolding, criticism of consumerism , are Hers, Belles?

The really amazing thing about this content turning around, however, is that they are not the only musical beat is the seven entirely new ground. Was the predecessor Write About Love still traditional up under the brim of his hat, now it works a huge lunge toward dance and disco. Several pieces teeter unaccustomed to massive beats and funky rhythm guitars The Party Line, Play for Today, The Book Of You, all of them locates at the interface between the 70s and 80s and by the bank very, very supple and (quote Austin Powers) groovy. The highlight among the dance numbers is undoubtedly Enter Sylvia Plath really a crazy hybrid of Pet Shop Boys, Visage and who knows what else all the way and of remarkable perfection and sense of style.

The fact that Stuart Murdoch, Sarah Martin and colleagues at all Umstürzlerei still a few bars of the old school have lifted the plate so makes them better. A song like the velvety Ever Had A Little Faith? are located not even bother to hide his relationship to the dark-shrouded downtempo numbers of Velvet Underground, it is these pieces, for which Belle And Sebastian are loved forever. And that this policy will continue to play a decisive role, Murdoch made clear to The Quietus: Somebody trying to make a political record is somebody making a boring record. It's what people do When they've Given Up on life and romance. Or other around, to put it in the words of the Muse in The Everlasting Muse: Be popular play pop, and you want to win my love. mapambulo: blog