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If Stuart Murdoch's efforts with effervescent Belle and Sebastian are a little too twee for your liking, then his latest project may be a spoon of sugar in something that just wasn't your cup of tea to start with.
For those open to an unapologetic homage to the celluloid and stage musical however, this is something of a treat. Conceived five years ago, and partially fulfilling Murdoch's long-standing ambition to create a project with the pop glamour of Motown, God Help The Girl is a narrative album which may yet become a film. Heroine Eve is 'played' by Catherine Ireton, with a supporting cast of vocalists selected from entrants to an online talent competition, guest singers Neil Hannon and Asya, and a pool of 80 musicians.
Eve may be a girl with demons, as laid bare in country closer A Down And Dusky Blonde, but the tracklist is a variety show of emotional peaks and troughs that conjure potential stage scenes in every bar.
Act Of The Apostle is high-kicking chorus line fare; like Chicago with knee-socks instead of stockings and suspenders. Musician, Take Heed makes full use of the 45-piece orchestra, with potent strings and a tinge of the epic Abba about it.
Come Monday Night was the listenable proceeding single, perhaps the most typical of Murdoch's prior output, but it's the second: a smoother, slower and even funk-tinged version of the Belle and Sebastian song Funny Little Frog, sung by contest winner Brittany Stallings that will be the most intriguing to fans of old.
Murdoch's girl-group are sweet on the ear and the eye, and if the film comes to fruition there will doubtless be a following of fans with their own aesthetic imaginings and expectations to meet. Anticipation always was half the fun. --Keira Burgess
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: God Help The Girl (Audio CD)
I sat down ready and excited to listen to this CD, and I admit the first listen to it I was quite dissapointed. For some reason I was thinking it was going to have a Belle and Sebastian-esq sound to it, but that is exactly the whole point of the CD, Stewart put it together because the songs didnt fit belle and sebastian.
I have no idea how many times I have heard the CD-Im loving it! The girls all have beautiful voices and all fit in together, the sound is sexy and fresh and as usual with Murdock his lyrics are unique and you will only get them on many listens after, which then brings me to the only fault of the Cd, it is suppose to be a story put to words and I have read the story and I cant really fit it to the music/lyrics. Some little snippets have some reference about her eating and having to have routine, the only three songs which I think have relavance is God help the Girl, I just want your jeans and A down and dusky blonde....which are some of the best songs :) But none the less I love this cant get the tunes out of my head!!
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
No help needed at all, just fine as it is,
By caitlin (edinburgh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: God Help The Girl (Audio CD)
I haven't yet read the story but am on my 4th repeat of the album (must also read the lyrics in full as at the moment I'm just picking up the odd fascinating snippet)and in the unlikely event of the concept turning out to be nonsense the music is so gorgeous Stuart and the girls could be singing the Yellow Pages and it'd still be just fab .
I think, and this is a bold statement ,this may be even better than Belle & Sebastian. The songs are all wonderful, it's crisply produced, gorgeous strings, swirling lush harmonies. Do hope there are plans to perform this in full in concert. Favourite song so far is I'll Have To dance With Cassie. I love the bossy instruction the singer gives to " shuffle to the left " and " boogie to the right"
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant - a real grower,
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This review is from: God Help The Girl (Audio CD)
I'm not a Belle & Sebastian fan and at first listen, I wasn't sure about this. I thought it was a bit like terrible 60s girl singers. However, it's really grown on me. The tunes are catchy, the vocals beautiful and the lyrics continue the story of Eve from the sleeve notes brilliantly - as well as being hilarious at times.
I'm completely addicted to it now, particularly Pretty Eve in the Tub and Funny Little Frog.
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