Belle and Sebastian
Artist Type: Group
Group Formed:
1996
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Artist Biography
Belle & Sebastian are an indie-pop 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 for not only whimsy and surrealism, but also for odd, unsettling lyrical detail which keeps the songs grounded in a tangible reality.
Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Belle & Sebastian released their first two albums in 1996 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 that wasn't in 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.
Artist Discography
Albums
Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003-10-06)
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (2000-06-05)
If You're Feeling Sinister (1996-11-18)
The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998-09-07)
The Life Pursuit (2006-02-06)
Tigermilk (1999-07-12)
EPs
3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light (1997-10-13)
Books (2004-06-21)
Dog on Wheels (1997-05-12)
Lazy Line Painter Jane (1997-07-28)
The Blues Are Still Blue (2006)
This Is Just a Modern Rock Song (1998-12-07)
Singles
Books (2004-06-21)
Funny Little Frog (2006-01-16)
I'm a Cuckoo (2004-02-16)
I'm Waking Up to Us (2001-11-26)
Jonathan David (2001-06-18)
Legal Man (2000-05-22)
Step Into My Office, Baby (2003-11-17)
The Blues Are Still Blue (2006-04-03)
The White Collar Boy (2006-06-26)
