Belle And Sebastian - The Cat With The Cream

Belle And Sebastian unravel a new, spindly track, from their upcoming LP, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance. It's a woozy tale, washed in references to history and universal themes of longing and disquiet. The instrumentation has a trembling, almost fragile feel, reticulating around streams of pulsing strings. Listen carefully, this is not for passive listeners, yo.

The Clientele - An Hour Before The Light

Look Back In Anger: The Clientele are true connoisseurs of nostalgia, crafting masterful sound-pictures that seem to completely encapsulate the feeling of by-gone eras that no one has ever actually lived through. Not unlike a piece by Angelo Badalimenti, or Belle & Sebastion, or Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Clientele traverse the well-trodden path that lies between 90s Dream Pop and moody, 60s Rock-n-roll. It's a sort of sound that is almost unplaceable, like a forgotten Zombies record recently unearthed in someone's attic, or a more modern group, signed to Mexican Summer, with roots in Shoegaze. Soon The Clientele's first record Suburban Light will be reissued and and we can all travel back, once again, to 2000, or perhaps even further.... Whichever it is, this one of my favorite tracks of their's off that record. Have a lis: