Their first ep - really basically just Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David (though Mick Cooke does bring his trumpet to the title track). It seemed the right time to finally buy this; lately, I've been listening to B&S a lot again, especially
Sinister and
Arab Strap; and very charming it is, simple and under-adorned, and lightly touched by that always lightly felt magic. Title track, an early version of
"The State I Am In", the mildly rocky "String Bean Jean" and, lastly, "Belle & Sebastian" itself (which I hadn't heard before). Sweet.