Trevor Horn (producer and founder of notorious 1980s art-pop groups The Buggles and The Art of Noise), produced this album, the sixth studio album for Belle & Sebastian.
Here are five facts you may not know about Belle and Sebastian (including Stuart Murdoch's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome):https://exclaim.ca/music/article/five_noteworthy_facts_you_may_not_know_about_belle_and_sebastian
That's a reedy Farfisa organ in this song.
Here's a BBC review of "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" at the time of its 2003 release: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/znrg/
There's much interesting material at the Belle and Sebastian website, including this Q and A: "I have one of the B&S beach balls you kicked out to the audience in Salt Lake. Did the band inflate them? Specifically, is actual CO2 from the band inside it? (I'll never deflate it, if so)." The answer: "Of course the band inflated them!" Here's the link: http://www.belleandsebastian.com/
A friend of mine always sings the chorus to the title track of this album as "dear banana creme waitress," so I've called the album that ever since then. - DJ Assistant Wolfgang
Playing the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago on July 20th. They will also be appearing on this Sunday's episode of Yo Gabba Gabba. http://www.belleandsebastian.com