If You're Feeling Sinister

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, pp.64-65) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's." Rolling Stone (7/10-24/97, p.124) - 4.5 (out of 5) - "...it's tough to find fault with a band that opts for shy resolution over self-promotion and, in so doing, reaches peaks of effortless pastoral grandeur." Spin (1/98, p.87) - Ranked #18 on Spin's list of the "Top 20 Albums Of The Year." Spin (10/97, p.141) - 8 (out of 10) - "...magnificently layered arrangements blend folk-rock (minus the preciousness) with a near-pure pop sense that could seduce even the most jaded audiophile. It's death-by-comfy-chair..." Entertainment Weekly (7/11/97, pp.68-69) - "This Glaswegian septet's 10 doleful musings set to dainty pop melodies are so potent they could make Morrissey cry....Belle and Sebastian create an album's worth of such songs on their debut." - Rating: A Q (1/98, p.111) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997." Option (7-8/97, p.92) - "...IF YOU'RE FEELING SINISTER is filled with sharply drawn moments...as well as melodies that stick in your head....This is the best selection of sad pop to come out in a long, long time." Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #8 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. Mojo (Publisher) (p.62) - Ranked #38 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "Perfect, precise and -- considering the subject matter -- abnormally mature."