475. “Asleep on a Sunbeam” by Belle & Sebastian
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This song is written and sung by Sarah Martin.
Stuart Murdoch has tried to stress that Belle and Sebastian are a group and not his solo project. The two albums immediately preceding Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant and Storytelling - both suffered from the inclusion of way too many songs that were not written by Murdoch. This is the only track by Martin on this album, and it is a charming, peppy number.
I appreciate the fact that Belle and Sebastian employ multiple singers. Several of my favorite bands do this. You don’t see that a whole lot with American artists for some reason.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
[...] quite as good as Ms. Martin’s best contribution to Belle and Sebastian, specifically “Asleep on a Sunbeam. At least not in my [...]
June 8th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
You don’t see that a whole lot (of multiple singers) with American artists for some reason.
You do with Bluegrass and some Folk bands.
As far as rock oriented bands, there are not many that I can name.
* Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
* Styx
* Damn Yankees
* Night Ranger (I think)
* Bee Gees
* Osmonds
* Jacksons ( A lot of Motown bands)
There’s a couple of others, but it is really sparse today. Maybe it’s the old Musicians & Front-man mentality …