After the return to form of The Life Pursuit, Belle and Sebastian could have sat back and released some half-assed quick follow-up hoping to cash in on the goodwill of their fans. Thankfully, Write About Love is not that record but is a continuation of the B&S fey aesthetic that has been evolving and altering itself over their long history together. While some of their albums (Fold Your Hands Child..., Storytelling) found them in a creative loop, trying to see what new shoe would fit and how, and not altogether successful, Write About Love feels like the older brother to The Life Pursuit, a bit older, more mature and definitely wiser for the wear. The pop ecstaticism of "I Want The World To Stop" and the album-titled call-and-response duet with Carey Mulligan "Write About Love" show the signs of a band comfortable within its strengths, yet not lethargic about trying new approaches to an already familiar formula. Belle and Sebastian now more than ever feel of a whole, with the stop-gap of God Help The Girl seeming years behind. Write About Love find Belle and Sebastian stretching their legs yet finding no reason to do anything other than what they've continued to do these past 15 years, which is to make music that they want to make.
Tracklisting:
01. I Didn’t See it Coming
02. Come On Sister
03. Calculating Bimbo
04. I Want the World to Stop (listen to the mp3 below)
05. Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John
06. Write About Love
07. I’m Not Living in the Real World
08. The Ghost of Rockschool
09. Read the Blessed Pages
10. I Can See Your Future
11. Sunday’s Pretty Icons
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