Comments on: Growing up http://www.symbolicforest.com/blog/2006/01/17/growing-up/ "A cornucopia of restlessness, whinging, perversity, opinion and bad jokes" - Me. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:43:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: mike http://www.symbolicforest.com/blog/2006/01/17/growing-up/#comment-261 mike Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:36:57 +0000 http://www.symbolicforest.com/blog/2006/01/17/growing-up/#comment-261 Alexis Petridish? Not a fan. Too much of his writing comes across as one extended clever-clever smirk; overly superficial, and delivered at the expense of actually engaging with the music. Belle & Sebastian? Never really engaged with them until Dear Catastrophe Waitress, which I loved. However, the new album seems to have gone too far down the road of highly polished pretty-pretty jangle-pop; too many shiny surfaces, but no corners or edges to grasp hold of. Still, nice to see them enjoying the biggest UK singles chart hit of their career... Alexis Petridish? Not a fan. Too much of his writing comes across as one extended clever-clever smirk; overly superficial, and delivered at the expense of actually engaging with the music.

Belle & Sebastian? Never really engaged with them until Dear Catastrophe Waitress, which I loved. However, the new album seems to have gone too far down the road of highly polished pretty-pretty jangle-pop; too many shiny surfaces, but no corners or edges to grasp hold of. Still, nice to see them enjoying the biggest UK singles chart hit of their career…

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