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Belle And Sebastian announce first album for seven years
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 3 March 2022
Belle And Sebastian have announced that they will release their tenth studio album – and their first for seven years – later this year. Titled ‘A Bit Of Previous’, it is preceded by new single ‘Unnecessary Drama’.
“We did it together, us and the city”, says frontman Stuart Murdoch of working on the album in the band’s hometown of Glasgow. “This record was the first ‘full’ LP recording for B&S in Glasgow since ‘Fold Your Hands Child’ [in] 1999. We clocked in every morning, we played our songs, we wrote together, we tried new things, we took the proverbial lump of clay, and we threw it every day”.
Of the new single, he adds: “The song is about a young person experimenting in being a human again after a forced hiatus. The person is weighing up whether or not it’s worth the mess! Still, you dip your toe in and it becomes delicious, and you get too much of it. Between trouble and nothing, we still choose the trouble”.
The album is set for release on 6 May and will be followed by UK tour dates in November. What are those dates? Don’t worry, I have them all here…
13 Nov: Cardiff, Great Hall – Student’s Union
14 Nov: London, The Roundhouse
15 Nov: London, The Roundhouse
17 Nov: Sheffield, Academy
18 Nov: Liverpool, Olympia
19 Nov: Hull, Asylum, Hull University Union
21 Nov: Aberdeen, Beach Ballroom
23 Nov: Edinburgh, Usher Hall
24 Nov: Newcastle Upon Tyne, City Hall
25 Nov: Manchester, Academy
27 Nov: Cambridge, Corn Exchange
28 Nov: Birmingham, Academy
29 Nov: Southampton, Guildhall
30 Nov: Brighton Dome
Watch the video for ‘Unnecessary Drama’ here:
