Dear Catastrophe WaitressBelle and Sebastian · 2003

pitchfork

7.5

“One of the most beloved, bewitching, misunderstood, and eventually disappointing bands in recent history, Belle & Sebastian did the near-impossible in the Internet era: They seemed to appear out of nowhere. Admittedly, there was also a time (recently, in fact) when I'd wished they'd have mysteriously vanished as well, exorcising the dark spots of their post-1998 output in order to keep their reput”

rollingstone

6.0

“The first thing you need to know about the latest Belle and Sebastian album is that it’s produced by Trevor Horn, the man behind Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The second is that it’s funny. This Scottish seven-piece has always had a dark sense of humor, but here it’s in the music as well, and it’s […]”