The Belbury Tales
- Belbury Poly
- Band Name: Belbury Poly
- Record Label: Ghost Box
- Release Date: Feb 24, 2012
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Apr 30, 201290The real genius of this record, and of Ghost Box's output more generally, is that it works even if you don't 'get' the references in anything like a conscious sense, even if they don't make you feel 'nostalgic' per se.
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Apr 26, 201280The Belbury Tales can be a potent experience at the high points I've just described, but it spends some time at lower altitudes, too, without ever unambiguously erring.
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Mar 21, 201280The Belbury Tales is a solid record and a fantastic listen.
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Mar 21, 201280Nostalgia doesn't often feel as good as this. Prepare to feel both spooked and studious.
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Mar 21, 201272The Belbury Tales is stranded somewhere between the abstract work of Jupp's past and the fuller sound of the live instrumentation he is applying, making this feel like his most pleasingly open-ended release so far.
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Mar 21, 201270The Belbury Tales is infused with a deep vein of paranoia, a palpable fear, an attempt to reconcile the imminent unknown (evoking a reimagined or never experienced past).
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Mar 23, 201260A beautiful, eerie thing. [Apr 2012, p.95]