Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance - Belle and Sebastian

WWWP · 02-01-2015, 11:07 PM

I was discussing my disappointment in this album with Goofle recently - it really quite sucked. Boring, boring stuff. I knew from the first listen it's not a grower as well, it's a shame.

OccultHawk · 02-01-2015, 11:43 PM

It's just the songs aren't clever at all. But maybe they're out of good tunes.

**Goofle** · 02-02-2015, 06:23 AM

The only thing this album is good for is re-kindling my interest in their best stuff.

Justthefacts · 02-02-2015, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

I don't get what you mean. you think this album is straying too much from their "sound" or too little?? it sounds like B&S but its 2015 so who cares. they arent relevant anymore and that's fine. i love em and while i get this is not their best (i do hate some songs on it) but i like hearing new stuff from them. cash grab lol get real that's insulting as hell. also fuck spoon they were never good to begin with.

Are you kidding me? Their last record wasn't that good at all either, but at least it didn't make me want to bob my head and shake my ass to their shitty synth pop with boring lyrics. Only a portion of the album has tracks like these, but dear God it makes me puke in my mouth. This seems to happen with bands that take up synths, it feels forced and begged for more attention. No different for Belle & Sebastian. Not to mention they're playing at festivals this year, what does that tell you? They want money. It's a cash grab sweetheart.

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Originally Posted by Goofle

The only thing this album is good for is re-kindling my interest in their best stuff.

I completely agree.

Ninetales · 02-03-2015, 09:11 AM

having a new album with synths and playing big live shows = selling out you heard it here first

**Goofle** · 02-03-2015, 09:28 AM

I wouldn't consider it a sell out album. It's just boring as fuck.

Ninetales · 02-03-2015, 09:55 AM

its probably my least favorite album of theirs so I don't disagree there

Slushburgh · 02-04-2015, 03:12 PM

I might be a little different in saying that I actually wanted them to keep the disco influence over the whole record because I wasn't a fan of these guys through their other releases. I literally listened to all their records a week before this came out. I just hate how they only dipped their toes in the experimentation that actually sounded okay on the tracks they did it on. Listening to the record over again to see if it was a grower made me dislike it even more, and every time I listen to it I find something else I dislike about it. Not bad, but not dazzling either.

02-01-2015, 11:07 PM	#11 (permalink)
WWWP county fair energy Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,773	I was discussing my disappointment in this album with Goofle recently - it really quite sucked. Boring, boring stuff. I knew from the first listen it's not a grower as well, it's a shame.

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	It's just the songs aren't clever at all. But maybe they're out of good tunes.

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Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	having a new album with synths and playing big live shows = selling out you heard it here first

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Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	its probably my least favorite album of theirs so I don't disagree there

02-04-2015, 03:12 PM	#18 (permalink)
Slushburgh Groupie Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 19	I might be a little different in saying that I actually wanted them to keep the disco influence over the whole record because I wasn't a fan of these guys through their other releases. I literally listened to all their records a week before this came out. I just hate how they only dipped their toes in the experimentation that actually sounded okay on the tracks they did it on. Listening to the record over again to see if it was a grower made me dislike it even more, and every time I listen to it I find something else I dislike about it. Not bad, but not dazzling either.