Belle & Sebastian

the musical equivalent of a security blanket

You are made of sterner stuff than I if the words "side project" and "concept album" do not bring about in you an immediate case of the vapours.

Dear Catastrophe Waitress is the sound of a band who have finally realised how good they are and have just pulled out all the stops without a second thought for how other people will react

A cash reward may exist for the person finding the piece which doesn't use the words “fey” or “twee” in conjunction with the band.

After you've worked through yet another list of Scottish towns where the drummer once lived in/visited/heard about once the mind begins to wonder exactly when, um, there's going to be something a bit, well, meaningful?

"Yeah, exactly, people read all these things into it. Ringo's the minister, if you look at all their outfits, and George is the gravedigger. People just have a bit too much time on their hands. Conspiracy theories…"