ALBUMWhat Happened To You, Son? - SingleBelle and Sebastian
Albums by Belle and Sebastian
ALBUMLate DevelopersBelle and Sebastian
ALBUMA Bit of PreviousBelle and Sebastian
ALBUMDays of the Bagnold SummerBelle and Sebastian
ALBUMHow To Solve Our Human Problems, Pt. 1-3Belle and Sebastian
ALBUMGirls in Peacetime Want to DanceBelle and Sebastian
ALBUMWrite About LoveBelle and Sebastian
ALBUMThe Life PursuitBelle and Sebastian
ALBUMPush Barman To Open Old Wounds, Vol. 1Belle and Sebastian
ALBUMDear Catastrophe WaitressBelle and Sebastian
ALBUMStorytellingBelle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian's Popular Music Videos
I'm a Cuckoo
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Wrapped Up In Books
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Step Into My Office, Baby
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I Don't Know What You See In Me
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Unnecessary Drama
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Talk to Me, Talk to Me
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Belle and Sebastian (Live)
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A Bit of Previous
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Nobody's Empire
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Young and Stupid (Lyric Video)
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Artist Playlists
Belle and Sebastian Essentials
Indie-pop darlings for wistful romantics and the literary-minded.
Inspired by Belle and Sebastian
Descendants of the group's shimmering, romantic indie pop.
Belle and Sebastian: Influences
A rich lineage of dreamy and clever pop melody makers.
Belle and Sebastian: Deep Cuts
The poetic group gets exploratory with their delicate indie pop.
Artist Biography
Stuart Murdoch formed Belle and Sebastian as an ad hoc band to record a college music project, later released as Tigermilk by student-run label Electric Honey in 1996.
∙ When the initial 1,000 copies of Tigermilk sold out, Murdoch enlisted local musicians to make Belle and Sebastian an actual band.
∙ Pitchfork ranked Tigermilk’s “The State I’m In” No. 17 on its Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s.
∙ The group is named after a French TV series adapted from the novel Belle et Sébastien, about a little boy and his dog.
∙ Rolling Stone listed the band’s sophomore album, If You’re Feeling Sinister, No. 75 on its 100 Best Albums of the ’90s list.
∙ Their song “Seymour Stein” was featured in the film High Fidelity, and lyrics from “The Boy With the Arab Strap” were quoted in (500) Days of Summer.
∙ Voted Scotland’s greatest band in a poll conducted by UK digital guide The List, Belle and Sebastian also won Outstanding Contribution to Music honors at the 2014 NME Awards.
∙ Murdoch wrote and directed the film God Help the Girl, which was also the name of his 2009 musical side-project.