Belle and Sebastian hit the ground running in 2023 with the release of their 12th album Late Developers, out now. It came as a surprise announce earlier in the week alongside first single ‘I Don’t Know What You See In Me’. One of the band’s most unabashedly infectious pop offerings to date, it is also their first co-write, featuring young pop composer Pete Ferguson first. Arriving almost back-to-back to 2022’s Top Ten...
It’s not common practice to have an album’s title track released after said album as a standalone single, but Belle and Sebastian aren’t sticklers for ceremony. The band have released a new single and video ‘A Bit Of Previous‘, which shares the title of their critically acclaimed 9th full-length released in May to become their third UK Top Ten charting album. Explained alternately as an allusion to the concept of reincarnation in Buddhism and...
Belle and Sebastian have released their 9th studio album, A Bit Of Previous. Marking the occasion comes a new video and single ‘Talk To Me, Talk To Me’. The video was written and directed by 15-year-old south London siblings Freya and Rosalie Salkeld. Watch below! A Bit of Previous was recorded in Belle and Sebastian’s hometown of Glasgow when plans to fly to Los Angeles in spring of 2020 were scrapped due to the pandemic. Says frontman Stuart Murdoch in the...
Belle and Sebastian have released a new single, ‘Young and Stupid,’ taken from their forthcoming new album A Bit Of Previous, out May 6th. The song is accompanied by a lyric video which gets unfettered access into the band members respective family photo albums. Watch below! A Bit of Previous was recorded in Belle and Sebastian’s hometown of Glasgow when plans to fly to Los Angeles in spring of 2020 were scrapped due to the pandemic....
Belle and Sebastian have released a new song and video piece ‘If They’re Shooting At You’ – out via Matador Records / Remote Control Records – in support of those affected by the situation in Ukraine. The visual collage is a collaboration with photographers covering the conflict in Ukraine highlighting the situation on the ground whilst offering a message of solidarity and hope. Belle and Sebastian will pledge all artist income from the song, from streaming...
Belle and Sebastian release What to Look for in Summer, a live double album gathering choice selections from the band’s 2019 world tour, including last summer’s epic Boaty Weekender cruise. The band have released new videos with the audio of live renditions of their classic songs ‘The Boy With The Arab Strap’, in a special near-8 minute version featuring the band in their respective Glasgow locations. All live records are a...
On Friday 11 December, Matador Records and Remote Control will release Belle and Sebastian’s What to Look for in Summer, a live double album gathering choice selections from the band’s 2019 world tour, including last summer’s epic Boaty Weekender cruise. The band have released new videos with the audio of live renditions of their classic songs ‘The Boy With The Arab Strap‘, in a special near-8 minute version featuring the...
Chastity Belt share the final single before the release of their new self-titled album on 20 September ~ ‘Drown.’ The lush new track has roots in the band’s early years. Singer/guitarist Julia Shapiro says “I started writing “Drown” back when I was 23… so almost 6 years ago. It came together with the band a few years later. It feels good to finally put it out into the world! Everyone’s parts on it...
Days of the Bagnold Summer began life as a 202 award-winning graphic novel by Joff Winterhart. It’s since been turned into a feature film, the directorial debut of Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners, Friday Night Dinner), and comes accompanied by an original soundtrack album by Belle and Sebastian. The album will be released 13 September via Matador Records. Watch the video for first single ‘Sister Buddha‘ – anthemic and transcendent, led...
Belle and Sebastian have shared the video for ‘Poor Boy’, the latest single taken from their new triptych of EPs, How To Solve Our Human Problems, out now. Watch the video below! Continuing the EP series’ nuanced exploration of the tapestry of human lives and interactions, the video, made in partnership with Tidal and directed by Oscar Sansom & Ciaran Lyons of The Forest of Black, follows the various goings-on of...
Belle and Sebastian have released the third and final part of their EP trilogy under the umbrella title How To Solve Our Human Problems. Recently adding an Australian leg to their busy live schedule in 2018, the band will embark on a national tour throughout May playing Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Further details below. How To Solve Our Human Problems has the classic blend of joy and melancholy and idiosyncratic spirit that...
Belle and Sebastian have today released Part Two of the band’s new trilogy of EPs, How To Solve Our Human Problems. Recently adding an Australian leg to their busy live schedule in 2018, the band will embark on a national tour throughout May playing Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Further details below. How To Solve Our Human Problems has the classic blend of joy and melancholy and idiosyncratic spirit that has always characterised...
Belle and Sebastian kick off 2018 with shimmering new single ‘The Same Star’. Taken from Part 2 of the band’s new trilogy of EPs, How To Solve Our Human Problems. Listen below! The Sarah Martin penned, Leo Abrahams produced song brings together breezy guitars, feel-good rhythm and Martin’s bittersweet vocals for another showcase of the infectious, inquisitive and timeless pop on the band’s latest offering. Recently adding an Australian leg to...
Belle and Sebastian have released the first installment of their new triumvirate of EPs, How To Solve Our Human Problems. In addition, they’ve shared a new video for ‘I’ll Be Your Pilot’, the latest single taken from the EP series. Directed by Michael Sherrington, the gently poetic video corresponds with the signature B&S artwork which accompanies the EPs, with a simple yet moving collage of individuals that echoes the spectrum...
