The Books EP came at a strange time for Scottish Indie band Belle & Sebastian. It was the final release in support of their first album for Rough Trade records and up until this album was released they had never released a single which was also available on an album out of principle. However, this was essentially the third single to be released from "Dear Catastrophe Waitress", an album thatstrayed from their fey, folky roots and was produced by Trevor Horn. Because of this a lot of their older fans weren't too happy, but you know what? It's their loss. "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" is a great album, and the singles from it are among Belle & Sebastian's best work.
So the track from "...Waitress", "Wrapped Up In Books" is very good, despite stealing it's melody from Cliff Richard's "In The Country", but the real attactionon this EP is the opening track "Your Covers Blown", a six minute multipart Indie funk epic which sounds like "Bohemian Rhapsody" if it had been written by Orange Juice in 1984. Judge for yerself...
"a six minute multipart Indie funk epic which sounds like "Bohemian Rhapsody" if it had been written by Orange Juice in 1984". Best review ever!
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