“I'd had my fill of Belle & Sebastian by the time *Fold Your Hands Child* saw release in 2000, and gawked that year with voyeuristic wonder as their splinter projects, The Gentle Waves and Looper, slid into deserved ignominy. It seemed unlikely that Isobel Campbell's first solo record might be the statement of reformation that would break my spell of disenchantment with the band and their spinoffs,”
