Loving Belle and Sebastian meant loving Stuart Murdoch's murmured tales of disappointment and transcendence.
But this sense of weariness wasn't necessarily at odds with Mr. Gibbard's lyrics, which tell closely observed tales of disappointment.
The tone of the Moravian choruses will be familiar to Janacek lovers: tales of disappointment and lost love set in a palpable, wide-open evocation of the natural world: And under that maple, my darling Embroiders a green head scarf.
Not all astronomical activity is thrilling, as Robert Smith reminds us in this gloomy tale of romantic disappointment.
Croft at least provided a boost by winning the junior title and he would reach world No21 a year later, yet her career would be another tale of British disappointment during the rest of the decade.
Paragraphs full of dire predictions and alarming statistics jibe a little too conveniently with her tales of professional disappointment and sexual promiscuity.
Performing at Joe's Pub with Jamie Muhoberac on piano and Dave Carpenter on bass fiddle, Mr. Doe made his new songs and a few older ones, like X's "Burning House of Love," into tales of intimate disappointment full of vanished lovers.
