There's a new Belle And Sebastian album out. Well, technically it's been out for about 4 months, but clearly I've been half asleep so I'll have to pretend it's only just come out recently. Anyway.
It's called
Push Barman To Open Old Wounds and it's a collection of all the EPs they released on their old label, on two CDs. This is clearly handy for people like me who missed the EPs the first time round, though it may stick in the craw of the elitist fans with their framed first edition vinyl copies. There's some great songs on there... the demo of
The State That I Am In,
String Bean Jean (the intro to which sounds like The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring, bizarrely enough),
The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner, the hilarious break up song
I'm Waking Up To Us, and the epic
Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It which is a strong contender for greatest song ever in my book. There's plenty on there that I've not heard too, including the brilliantly titled
Judy Is A Dickslap, though tragically it's an instrumental... goodness knows where the lyrics to that would have ended up.
So, there's one to buy in the near future, assuming I can find the cash in between buying
silly knives and
epic comic book collections. Failing that, could someone buy it me for Christmas? Please?
Bye for now.
