Belle and Sebastian: Write About Love | CD review

(Rough Trade)It takes just under four minutes for Belle and Sebastian's eighth album to demand a place among the best of their career. The magic moment comes in opener I Didn't See It Coming; heralded by a juggernaut of a keyboard riff, Stuart Murdoch explodes from the shadows, pleading: "Make me dance, I want to surrender." It is a shiver-inducing testament to the ripening of Belle and Sebastian's confidence as a pop band. Come on Sister and I Want the World to Stop are bright and urgent, flar...

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