JUDGE POP is back

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another week, another case for JUDGE POP. This time he's investigating an outbreak of TWEE on the streets of MEGA CITY POP. The good Judge has his suspects - Belle And Sebastian, ten-year indie pop veterans who regularly turn up high on the Poptimists last.fm charts. Are they a credit to pop - or a menace?

[Poll #965057]

If Belle And Sebastian are cubed, they will join PATRICK WOLF, who was narrowly found guilty last time the good Judge's services were called upon.

Comments

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Related to your last question: are they in any way actually afilliated with Camera Obscura?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There's something faintly repulsive about Camera Obscura even when I enjoy an individual song or two.

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Stuart Murdoch did some producing for them - the divine Eighties Fan was one of his I think.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

That was the track that made me go "must have more now"

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

It was Your Sound in the middle of the night on 120 Minutes that got me.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

He was also going out with the singer - dunno if he still is as my nindie gossip skillz are not up to scratch (also I don't care).

My B&S verdict: the first 3 albums great (and the EPs), the rest rather rub.

(they were sort of responsible for tompaulin, in that Jamie decided to form that band at the first Bowlie Weekender)

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

no, stuart and tracy-anne split up aaaages ago.

however, belle and sebastian were why their keyboard player moved to glasgow...