Storytelling is an album by Belle & Sebastian. It is the score to the Todd Solondz movie Storytelling. Belle & Sebastian experienced many notable problems in communication with Solondz whilst scoring the movie, and as such only about 6 minutes of music by them was actually used in the movie itself.
Belle & Sebastian's Storytelling is a compromise as well, as this schizoid album is clearly divided by what Belle & Sebastian consider a soundtrack (Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Graduate) and what New Line considers a soundtrack (Pulp Fiction, apparently).
There are a few gems on the album. Of the six pop songs included here, two are very good. "Storytelling" is a breezy little tune, sung by Isobel Campbell. It has just the right amount of bounce in the piano and not too much Sarah Records in the vocal delivery, it works out all very well. "Big John Shaft" is Belle and Sebastian trying out the ultra-white funk and succeeding quite admirably. For a lot of people, these two songs will make the record worth purchase—I’d say wait for some sort of Belle and Sebastian compilation.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Contact
Popular Posts of the Week
-
This isn't an album or an album review.Modern music followers,lovers,or haters:)Today is my birthday.And I want to share my cake with y...
-
New Goldfrapp album Seventh Tree starts slowly. Like watching a flower growing, the songs play softly. It sounded quite dull at my first l...
-
My Chemical Romance have killed emo, and any preconceived ideas about them should be considered along with it. Connection between Queen'...
-
Turn on the Bright Lights was New York City rock band Interpol's first full-length album. It was released in 2002 on Matador Records t...
-
14 Album: Boy October War Under a blood red sky The unforgettable fire Wide awake in America The Joshua tree Rattle and hum Achtu...
-
First Anniversary Of Modern Music Blog A year passed either well or badly. This week of last year, i made a decision to share my musical tho...
-
Pink Floyd is the premier space rock band. Since the mid-'60s, their music relentlessly tinkered with electronics and all manner of spe...

0 COMMENTS:
Post a Comment