Belle and Sebastian is a British
pop band formed in
Glasgow, January
1996, under the aegis of a training scheme and music business course. Built mostly around the creative mind of
Stuart Murdoch, their first album,
Tigermilk[?] was recorded as part of the course and released on the independent Electric Honey label.
Signing for the (slightly) larger
Jeepster Records they released the album
If You're Feeling Sinister in
1996 and a sequence of EPs through
1997. Their third album,
The Boy with the Arab Strap(
1998), was a top 20 hit in the
UK, and the same year the band were proclaimed Best Newcomers at the
Brit Awards[?].
Presenting a slightly fey image to the public at large, Belle and Sebastian's bittersweet love songs inspire a fanatical loyalty amongst their fans, not dissimilar to that experienced by The Smiths during their heyday.
Discography:
- Tigermilk
- If You're Feeling Sinister
- Dog On Wheels (ep)
- Lazy Line Painter Jane (ep)
- 3.. 6.. 9.. Seconds Of Light (ep)
- The Boy With The Arab Strap
- This Is Just A Modern Rock Song (ep)
- Lazy Line Painter Jane
- Legal Man (single)
- Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
- Jonathan David (single)
- I'm Waking Up To Us (single)
- Storytelling
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