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Belle and Sebastian is tagged as: indie, indie pop, alternative, indie rock, twee

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 ...
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Top 10 Belle and Sebastian Songs
Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Another Sunny Day
The Boy With The Arab Strap
Funny Little Frog
Piazza, New York Catcher
Like Dylan in the Movies
The Stars of Track and Field
The Blues Are Still Blue
The State I Am In
White Collar Boy
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Top 10 Belle and Sebastian Albums
The Life Pursuit
If You're Feeling Sinister
Tigermilk
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
The Boy With The Arab Strap
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
Push Barman To Open Old Wounds
The BBC Sessions
2002-04-30: The Backyard, Austin, TX, USA
Storytelling
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