Belle and Sebastian is a band from Glasgow. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuar… Read Full Bio ↴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.
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. On New Year's Day 1996, Stuart attended a party at which he met a young singer and cellist named Isobel Campbell. In a letter to his brother Fraser, Murdoch explained how he was making a single for Stow college at the end of February. Murdoch opted to use the name Belle&Sebastian for the project because it was occupying him at the time. Murdoch took to songwriting as an escapism from the four walls surrounding him in his room and eventually recorded demos with bassist Stuart David whom he met at a government training programme called Beatbox. Murdoch quickly met a series of other musicians through social and musical circles in his hometown Glasgow and they agreed to help with the Stow project. The members he found for this initial lineup were Stevie Jackson (guitar), Mick Cooke (trumpet), Chris Geddes (keyboards), Stuart David (bass), Richard Colburn (drums), and Isobel Campbell (cello). The Stow College record was to be issued by Electric Honey, but it turned into a full album. The course instructor Alan Rankine determined that Murdoch had enough good material to record a full LP and could do so if they could get it all done in three days, studio time allotted for the single. Murdoch and his musicians rose to the challenge and recorded ten tracks putting the songs in order as they would appear on the record and mostly completing them in just a few takes.
In May of 1996, Belle and Sebastian self-released their debut album, Tigermilk, on Electric Honey Records. Only 1,000 copies of the album, which was only pressed on vinyl, were released, but it unexpectedly became a sensation, earning terrific word of mouth throughout the UK. As a result, the band became slightly more than a school project — it became an actual band. If You're Feeling Sinister, released on the independent Jeepster label, followed in November of 1996. By the time the album was released in America on the EMI subsidiary The Enclave, it had earned considerable critical acclaim in the U.K. — not only from music weeklies, but from newspapers like The Sunday Times and magazines like The Face — and a large cult following; by some accounts, Tigermilk was being sold for as much as 75 pounds. Over the course of 1997, word of mouth continued to grow in America, even as the band pulled out of an American tour because The Enclave went bankrupt and closed.
As the band cult continued to build in 1997, Belle and Sebastian released three EPs — Dog on Wheels (May), Lazy Line Painter Jane (July), and 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light (October). Each subsequent EP placed higher on the indie charts and received great critical acclaim. Later in the year, violinist Sarah Martin became a member of the band. By the end of the year, the group finalized an American deal with Matador Records, issuing The Boy With the Arab Strap in September 1998. The following year saw the eagerly anticipated wide re-release of Tigermilk, the album that started it all. It was the biggest selling album but is unpopular with the group themselves. Following completion of 2000's Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, Stuart David left Belle and Sebastian to focus full-time on his solo project, Looper, being replaced by Bobby Kildea of V-Twin. In 2001, the group released two EPs — Jonathan David and I'm Waking Up to Us — and recorded the soundtrack for Todd Solondz's film Storytelling. Just before the soundtrack's release in spring 2002, Belle and Sebastian embarked on a comprehensive tour of the United States and Canada before returning to Europe for the summer festival season. Midway through the tour, Isobel Campbell left the band, citing the usual differences.
Another major change that soon took place was the band leaving Jeepster and Matador to sign with Rough Trade, with their next record, late 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress, produced by the inimitable Trevor Horn (who also produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Yes, and scores of others). The record spawned the brilliant "Step into My Office, Baby" and "I'm a Cuckoo" singles, the latter of which was the group's biggest U.K. hit, reaching number 14 in early 2004. After a long worldwide tour that found Belle and Sebastian reaching new levels of success, they retired to Scotland and began preparing for the recording of their seventh full length album, The Life Pursuit, released in 2006.
In 2010, they released their eighth full length album, Write About Love.
Official website: www.belleandsebastian.com
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. On New Year's Day 1996, Stuart attended a party at which he met a young singer and cellist named Isobel Campbell. In a letter to his brother Fraser, Murdoch explained how he was making a single for Stow college at the end of February. Murdoch opted to use the name Belle&Sebastian for the project because it was occupying him at the time. Murdoch took to songwriting as an escapism from the four walls surrounding him in his room and eventually recorded demos with bassist Stuart David whom he met at a government training programme called Beatbox. Murdoch quickly met a series of other musicians through social and musical circles in his hometown Glasgow and they agreed to help with the Stow project. The members he found for this initial lineup were Stevie Jackson (guitar), Mick Cooke (trumpet), Chris Geddes (keyboards), Stuart David (bass), Richard Colburn (drums), and Isobel Campbell (cello). The Stow College record was to be issued by Electric Honey, but it turned into a full album. The course instructor Alan Rankine determined that Murdoch had enough good material to record a full LP and could do so if they could get it all done in three days, studio time allotted for the single. Murdoch and his musicians rose to the challenge and recorded ten tracks putting the songs in order as they would appear on the record and mostly completing them in just a few takes.
In May of 1996, Belle and Sebastian self-released their debut album, Tigermilk, on Electric Honey Records. Only 1,000 copies of the album, which was only pressed on vinyl, were released, but it unexpectedly became a sensation, earning terrific word of mouth throughout the UK. As a result, the band became slightly more than a school project — it became an actual band. If You're Feeling Sinister, released on the independent Jeepster label, followed in November of 1996. By the time the album was released in America on the EMI subsidiary The Enclave, it had earned considerable critical acclaim in the U.K. — not only from music weeklies, but from newspapers like The Sunday Times and magazines like The Face — and a large cult following; by some accounts, Tigermilk was being sold for as much as 75 pounds. Over the course of 1997, word of mouth continued to grow in America, even as the band pulled out of an American tour because The Enclave went bankrupt and closed.
As the band cult continued to build in 1997, Belle and Sebastian released three EPs — Dog on Wheels (May), Lazy Line Painter Jane (July), and 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light (October). Each subsequent EP placed higher on the indie charts and received great critical acclaim. Later in the year, violinist Sarah Martin became a member of the band. By the end of the year, the group finalized an American deal with Matador Records, issuing The Boy With the Arab Strap in September 1998. The following year saw the eagerly anticipated wide re-release of Tigermilk, the album that started it all. It was the biggest selling album but is unpopular with the group themselves. Following completion of 2000's Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, Stuart David left Belle and Sebastian to focus full-time on his solo project, Looper, being replaced by Bobby Kildea of V-Twin. In 2001, the group released two EPs — Jonathan David and I'm Waking Up to Us — and recorded the soundtrack for Todd Solondz's film Storytelling. Just before the soundtrack's release in spring 2002, Belle and Sebastian embarked on a comprehensive tour of the United States and Canada before returning to Europe for the summer festival season. Midway through the tour, Isobel Campbell left the band, citing the usual differences.
Another major change that soon took place was the band leaving Jeepster and Matador to sign with Rough Trade, with their next record, late 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress, produced by the inimitable Trevor Horn (who also produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Yes, and scores of others). The record spawned the brilliant "Step into My Office, Baby" and "I'm a Cuckoo" singles, the latter of which was the group's biggest U.K. hit, reaching number 14 in early 2004. After a long worldwide tour that found Belle and Sebastian reaching new levels of success, they retired to Scotland and began preparing for the recording of their seventh full length album, The Life Pursuit, released in 2006.
In 2010, they released their eighth full length album, Write About Love.
Official website: www.belleandsebastian.com
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Belle and Sebastian Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Belle and Sebastian:
(I Believe in) Travellin' Light Shimmering travellin' light, echoing love at first sight Gli…
(My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique (My girl's got) miraculous techniques. Oh no, the snow's sto…
0 - (02) - Another Sunny Day Another sunny day, I met you up in the garden You…
01 I Fought in a War I fought in a war and I left my friends…
01) The State I Am In I was surprised I was happy for a day in 1975 I…
02 belle & sebastian I left the school, I left my job You saw me…
02- Seeing Other People We lay on the bed there Kissing just for practice Could we…
03 The Boy With The Arab Strap A mile and a half on a bus takes a…
03) She's Losing It Lisa knows a girl who's been abused It changed her philosop…
03. Me & the major Me and the Major could become close friends cause we Get…
03.She's Losing It Lisa knows a girl who's been abused It changed her philosoph…
04 Sukie in the Graveyard Sukie was the kid, she liked to hangout in the…
04) You're Just A Baby You're just a baby, baby girl So kiss me on the…
04- THE BLUES ARE STILL BLUE Look at the kid from school He's teaching mamas and papas…
04- THE BLUES ARE STILL BLUE. Look at the kid from school He's teaching mamas and papas…
05 Don't Leave The Light On Baby It's been a bloody stupid day My baby called me up…
05. Im Waking Up To Us I need someone to take some joy in something I…
06 06 Get Me Away from Here I'm Dying Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Play me a…
06 Belle And Sebastian I left the school, I left my job You saw me…
06 Seymour Stein Seymour stein, I've been lonely I caught a glimpse of someo…
06 The Wrong Girl I went looking for my darling, I went looking for…
06- SUKIE IN THE GRAVEYARD Sukie was the kid, she liked to hangout in the…
06. I'm a Cuckoo I'm glad to see you I had a funny dream You were…
07 The Chalet Lines He raped me in the chalet lines The girl I shared…
07 The Fox In The Snow Fox in the snow, where do you go To find something…
08 nice day for a sulk Nice day for a sulk The girl smells of milk Her horsey…
08- My_Wandering_Days_Are_Over You know my wandering days are over Does that mean that…
08- SONG FOR SUNSHINE Honey'd sweet apples, they're rotting away Millions of peopl…
08- SONG FOR SUNSHINE. Honey'd sweet apples, they're rotting away Millions of peop…
08. Theres Too Much Love I could hang about and burn my fingers I've been hanging…
09 Piazza New York Catcher Elope with me Miss Private and we'll sail around the…
09 Women's Realm I don't care whether you hear this I don't care if…
09- FUNNY LITTLE FROG Honey lovin' you is the greatest thing I get to be…
09. i don't love anymore I don't love anyone You're not listening You're playing wi…
09. Seeing Other People We lay on the bed there Kissing just for practice Could we…
10 Cuanto llevo aquí sentao Donde esta lo que deje Ya no se…
10 10 Track 10 Make me dance, I want to surrender Your familiar arms, I…
10 Don't Leave the Light on Baby It's been a bloody stupid day My baby called me up…
10 Family Tree I've been feeling down I've been looking round the town For …
10) Mary Jo Mary Jo, sitting alone Drinking tea, she just got home She…
10- TO BE MYSELF COMPLETELY Well my heart has fallen down Thought I'd talked myself arou…
10- TO BE MYSELF COMPLETELY. Well my heart has fallen down Thought I'd talked myself aro…
11 there's too much love I could hang about and burn my fingers I've been hanging…
12 I Don't Want To Play Football 1 I don't want to play football I don't understand the thrill…
12- FOR THE PRICE OF A CUP OF TEA For the price of a cup of tea You'd get a…
12- FOR THE PRICE OF A CUP OF TEA. For the price of a cup of tea You'd get a…
13- MORNINGTON CRESCENT Mornington Crescent I think of you Rain in the southeast …
13-Here Comes The Sun Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say…
13. Funny Little Frog Honey lovin' you is the greatest thing I get to be…
16. To Be Myself Completely Well my heart has fallen down Thought I'd talked myself aro…
18-Piazza New York Catcher Elope with me Miss Private and we'll sail around the…
19. A Summer Wasting Summer in winter Winter in springtime You heard the birds …
2-02 There's Too Much Love I could hang about and burn my fingers I've been hanging…
2.04 You're Just A Baby You're just a baby, baby girl So kiss me on the…
21. The Boy With The Arab Strap A mile and a half on a bus takes a…
3-The Wrong Girl I went looking for my darling, I went looking for…
4 A Century Of Elvis We were sitting in the living room on the sofa The…
4-dirty dream number two I'm lucky, I can open the door and I can…
6. I'm A Cuckoo I'm glad to see you I had a funny dream You were…
8-Magic Kind Of A Word When I think of all the sorrow It is hard to…
A Century of Elvis We were sitting in the living room on the sofa The…
A Century of Fakers There are people going hungry far away They've got nothing o…
A Politician's Silence The cherry tree is broken The maple leaf is brown The wind…
A Space Boy Dream I dreamt I had to go to mars. I'm always kidding…
A Summer Wasting Summer in winter Winter in springtime You heard the birds si…
A Sunny Day Another sunny day, I met you up in the garden You…
A Travellin' Light Shimmering traveling light, echoing love at first sight Gli…
A World Without You Slip your hand into my hand And our feet will move…
Act of the Apostle Morning prayers took the girl unawares She was late for clas…
Act of the Apostle II I'm bored out my mind Too sick to even care I'll take…
Allie Allie, what would you do? When there's bombs in the middle…
Alone Again Or it's been a long day without you my friend And I'll…
Another Sunny Day Another sunny day, I met you up in the garden You…
Asleep on a Sunbeam When the half light makes for a clearer view Sleep a…
Baby She called me up today Meet me down at the old…
Baby Jane Working the village shop Putting a poster up Dreaming of a…
Beautiful I was blank as I could be Hearing voices telling me "Walk…
Belle %26 Sebastian I left the school, I left my job You saw me…
Belle & Sebastian I left the school, I left my job You saw me…
Belle & Sebastian-Chickfactor I left the school, I left my job You saw me…
Belle & Sebastion- Piazza New York Catcher Elope with me Miss Private and we'll sail around the…
belle and sebastian I left the school, I left my job You saw me…
Beyond the Sunrise Joseph was travelling with a heavy load His dreams were bro…
Big John Shaft I'll make another movie The same on as the year before Tak…
Black and White Unite In the summer all the hikers hike out for the…
Blue Eyes of a Millionaire Shyness hanging like a wendy Bad clothes keep you in the…
Boy with the Arab Strap A mile and a half on a bus takes a…
Boys Are Back in Town Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had…
Calculating Bimbo A lack of understanding You took for being lazy I was just…
Cassaco Marron Eu vou voltar aos velhos tempos de mim Vestir de novo…
CD Track 05 She called me up today Meet me down at the old…
Century of Fakers There are people going hungry far away They've got nothing o…
Chickfactor What was it I saw in New York? I'm not the…
Come on Home Come on home There's a hole the size of ancient Rome Come…
Come On Sister Six in the morning The men started working I can't sleep No,…
Could Be Dreaming I could be sleeping I could be dreaming I could have ordin…
Cover (version) "Cover (Version)" is an instrumental remix of "Your Cover's …
Crash Ooh ooh Yeaah Sometimes words get in the way Sometimes love…
Dance Around the Clock And the moment will come when composure returns Put a face…
Dear Catasterophe Waitress Dear catastrophe waitress Dear catastrophe waitress I'm sorr…
Deathbed Of My Dreams Whistling through the summertime School can whistle for my r…
Desperation Made a Fool of Me I'm sick, and I've felt this way for some time…
Dialogue: Jersey's Where It's At (movie dialogue)…
Dirty Dream I'm lucky, I can open the door and I can…
Do It For Your Country Lying next to you How could I go wrong? Lying in your…
Dog and Wheels When I was a boy I was confounded by you Now…
Dog On Wheels When I was a boy I was confounded by you Now…
Don't Fear the Reaper Jesteś tu ziomeczku dla mnie jak brat Nie zamienię tej przyj…
Don't Leave the Light on Baby It's been a bloody stupid day My baby called me up…
dream I dreamt I had to go to Mars. I'm always…
Dress Up in You I'm the singer, I'm the singer in the band You're the…
Dylan in the Movies Lisa's kissing men like a long walk home When the music…
Ease Your Feet in the Sea Ease you're feet off in the sea My darling it's the…
Ease Your Feet Into The Sea Ease you're feet off in the sea My darling it's the…
Electronic Renaissance Play a game with your electronics Take a step to the…
Enter Sylvia Plath Come, and steal my thoughts away Thief of my identity I wa…
Ever Had a Little Faith? With your headphones on Through the drizzled pane Of a wet…
Expectations Monday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go…
Family Tree I've been feeling down I've been looking round the town For …
Final Day (Young Marble Giant When the rich die last Like the rabbits Running from a luc…
For the Price of a Cup of Tea For the price of a cup of tea You'd get a…
Fox In The Snow Fox in the snow, where do you go To find something…
French Disko Though this world's essentially an absurd place to be living…
Funny Little Dog Honey lovin' you is the greatest thing I get to be…
Get Away From Here I'm Dying Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Play me a…
Get Me Away from Here Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Play me a…
Get Me Away From Here I Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Play me a…
Get me away from here I'm dyin Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Play me a…
Get Me Away from Here I'm Dying Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Play me a…
Get me away from here I`m dyind Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Play me a…
Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying Ooh! Get me away from here I'm dying Play me a…
Heaven In The Afternoon I love you like I love my blood I love this…
Here Comes The Sun Here comes the sun Here comes the sun And I say it's…
Homosapien I'm the shy boy, you're the coy boy And you know…
Hurley's Having Dreams Here she comes in the April sun In her dungarees and…
Hurleys Having Dreams Here she comes in the April sun In her dungarees and…
I I love my car I'll admit today I've gone too far To…
I Can See Your Future I saw you around When you were young and free How did…
I Could Be Dreaming I could be sleeping I could be dreaming I could have ordinar…
I Didn Make me dance, I want to surrender Your familiar arms, I…
I Don Did you listen to my breath? 'Cause it's something in the…
I Don't Love Anyone I don't love anyone You're not listening You're playing with…
I Don't Want to Play Football I don't want to play football I don't understand the thrill…
I Don`t Love Anyone I don't love anyone You're not listening You're playing with…
I Don’t Love Anyone I don't love anyone You're not listening You're playing wi…
I Fought in a War I fought in a war and I left my friends…
I Know Where the Summer Goes I know where the summer goes When you're having no fun When…
I Love My Car I love my car I'll admit today I've gone too far To…
I Took a Long Hard Look I took a long hard look At the heroes of my…
I Want the World to Stop I want the world to stop (I want the world…
I'm a Cuckoo I'm glad to see you I had a funny dream You were…
I'm Cuckoo I'm glad to see you I had a funny dream You were…
I'm Not Living in the Real World Born on a Sunday, everyday is Monday That is what I've…
I'm Waiting for the Man I'm waiting for my man Twenty-six dollars in my hand Up to…
I'm Waking Up To U I need someone to take some joy in something I…
If I Caught Yourself in Light If you find yourself caught in love Say a prayer to…
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