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Glasgow, United Kingdom (1996 – present)
Belle and Sebastian is a band from Glasgow. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band has an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and ‘60s pop. Murdoch has a gift not only for whimsy and surrealism, but also for odd, unsettling lyrical detail which keeps the songs grounded in a tangible reality.
Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Belle and Sebastian released their first two albums in 1996: Tigermilk, recorded over three days, and If You’re Feeling Sinister, recorded in a week, at the peak of the chamber pop movement. At first, some critics in Britain’s music weeklies tied the band into the subgenre, yet the group was too pretty, too delicate, to bear that label. Through their first two years of public existence, the band shielded their personalities, submitting publicity photos featuring a girl, who was a friend of the band and reluctantly posing for photo shoots. Furthermore, they performed in odd venues, playing not only the standard coffeehouses and cafes, but also homes, church halls, and libraries.
Prior to the formation of Belle and Sebastian, Murdoch suffered from a protracted battle with chronic fatigue syndrome, which forced him to drop out of school and spend seven years living in his parents’ home crippled by his condition.Whilst in his parents home, Murdoch wrote a short story about a boy named Sebastian and a girl named Isabelle based on the names from Madame Cecile Aubery’s children’s book Belle et Sebastian.
Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Belle and Sebastian released their first two albums in 1996: Tigermilk, recorded over three days, and If You’re Feeling Sinister, recorded in a week, at the peak of the chamber pop movement. At first, some critics in Britain’s music weeklies tied the band into the subgenre, yet the group was too pretty, too delicate, to bear that label. Through their first two years of public existence, the band shielded their personalities, submitting publicity photos featuring a girl, who was a friend of the band and reluctantly posing for photo shoots. Furthermore, they performed in odd venues, playing not only the standard coffeehouses and cafes, but also homes, church halls, and libraries.
Prior to the formation of Belle and Sebastian, Murdoch suffered from a protracted battle with chronic fatigue syndrome, which forced him to drop out of school and spend seven years living in his parents’ home crippled by his condition.Whilst in his parents home, Murdoch wrote a short story about a boy named Sebastian and a girl named Isabelle based on the names from Madame Cecile Aubery’s children’s book Belle et Sebastian.
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If You're Feeling Sinister
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Prifava wrote:
For sunny days. x)
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Renko-Kun wrote:
Are you kidding? Fold your hands it's the best B&S record of this decade, so much better than the other ones after isobel leaving the band
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Wimisdekoning wrote:
Then don't use shuffle, listening to albums the way they are supposed to be listened to is the shit.
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PulpJunkie wrote:
I've added so many B & S songs to my library but it never seems to play any. :( Does anyone else have this problem?
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Wimisdekoning wrote:
Fold Your Hands is the weakest BaS-record imo.
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Vinnie32 wrote:
boring songs? with the exception of 'beyond the sunrise', the album is still pretty top and ranks well above the life pursuit imo
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ralfsu wrote:
Fold Your Hands isn't getting enough love! Sure it has some boring songs but it still has some of that great B&S cynicism (sp?).
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antonjr wrote:
step?
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kijul wrote:
"come into my office, baby" great!
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
They do great random covers.
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llamagesicht wrote:
Seeing other people (at least that's what we say we are doing)!
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jneudy wrote:
Keep jamin' to Evanescence, man.
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georgio01 wrote:
they sucks
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Scratchtheatom wrote:
Yes, Fold your Hands is much darker than the others, but It's a wonderful album too.
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tiredtourist wrote:
how is Of Montreal their 5th similar artist?
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antonjr wrote:
fold your hands isn't crap, i really like that album
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soulbleed wrote:
this band gets better with each album (with the exception of 'fold your hands' because that album was crap). i look forward to the new one. it took me a year to stop listening to 'the life pursuit' on a daily basis.
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Lahiri wrote:
Please listen here! http://www.last.fm/music/And+This+Again ;-)
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dhnomura wrote:
I love it!
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tommywats wrote:
The Felt influence is so blatantly obvious... They completely ripped off his style. It's a shame, really...
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Dark Was The Night
5 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thebandbelleandsebastian
Stuart has recorded a song (with some help from Mick and Stevie) for the forthcoming, 'Dark Was The Night' compilation, to be released by 4AD Records, raising funds and awareness for the AIDS/ HIV cha. …
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