Belle And Sebastian - the wrong girl, 2000

"Chamber-pop arrangements recall the ‘60s pop group the Left Banke, and the alternating of two male and two female singers evokes a softer version of the Mekons - into Romantic poetry rather than revolutionary polemics. But it’s frontman Stuart Murdoch’s wispy voice and fragile lyrics that give the album its identity. In capturing the nature of an easily bruised psyche, he seems directly descended both from ‘70s tragic hero Nick Drake and from Morrissey at his most vulnerable and resigned."