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40-575: The first release under the Dum Dum Girls moniker was a five-song CDR on her own label, Zoo Music, in late 2008. It was followed by an EP on Captured Tracks and a 7-inch on HoZac Records She quickly gained attention with these releases and signed to Sub Pop in July 2009. Dum Dum Girls' debut album, I Will Be , was released in March 2010 and was well received by critics. Pitchfork described

80-525: A Daydreamer . He was replaced by Bobby Kildea of V-Twin . The " Jonathan David " single, sung by Stevie Jackson, was released in June 2001 and was followed by " I'm Waking Up to Us " in November, which saw the band use an outside producer ( Mike Hurst ) for the first time. Most of 2002 was spent touring and recording a soundtrack album, Storytelling (for Storytelling by Todd Solondz ). Campbell left

120-551: A collaboration 7-inch single, "Red Sun" b/w "Echo", with the 4AD band Merchandise. On January 28, 2016, Dee Dee announced the closure of the Dum Dum Girls and the creation of a new solo project, Kristin Kontrol . Her debut album, X-Communicate , was released by Sub Pop on May 27, 2016. CD-R Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

160-467: A low profile at the insistence of Murdoch, who was still regaining his strength following years struggling with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) . The band played gigs sporadically, rarely gave interviews, and refused to appear in publicity photographs, often getting friends and acquaintances to pose instead. The relative reclusiveness helped to create an aura of mystique around them. The band released their third LP, The Boy with

200-570: A track recorded with Divine Comedy producer Darren Allison entitled Love on the March . The Thin Lizzy -inspired " I'm a Cuckoo " was the second single from the album. It achieved their highest chart position yet, reaching No. 14 in the UK. The Books EP followed, a double A-side single led by "Wrapped Up in Books" from Dear Catastrophe Waitress and the new "Your Cover's Blown". This EP became

240-569: The Bowlie Weekender in the form of Bowlie 2 presented by All Tomorrow's Parties . In 2013, Pitchfork TV released an hour-long documentary in February, directed by RJ Bentler which focused on the band's 1996 album If You're Feeling Sinister , as well as the formation and early releases of the band. The documentary featured interviews with every member that was present on the album, as well as several archival photos and videos from

280-416: The Bowlie Weekender . Tigermilk was also given a full release by Jeepster before the band started work on their next LP. The result was Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant , which became the band's first top 10 album in the UK, though critics felt that the band were starting to stagnate. A stand-alone single, " Legal Man ", reached No. 15 and gave them their first appearance on Top of

320-655: The NME Awards 2014. In 2014, the band returned to the studio, recording in Atlanta , Georgia for their ninth studio album, along with announcing tour dates for various festivals and concerts across the world during 2014. Their ninth album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance was released on 19 January 2015. It was their first album with Dave McGowan, who had been their touring bassist since 2011. The Belle and Sebastian song "There's Too Much Love" forms much of

360-582: The opening theme for the animated series Beware the Batman . She was also featured on "Play for Today", a duet from Belle and Sebastian 's 2015 album, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance . In May 2015, Dee Dee and collaborator UUV/Andrew Miller released a single, "Is There Any Other One?", as HUNI. She also featured on Lemonade 's single "Dancer on the Shore" in August 2015. In November 2015, Sub Pop released

400-646: The 20th anniversary of the first Bowlie Weekender festival, Belle & Sebastian held a third festival, dubbed the Boaty Weekender . Unlike the previous two festivals, the Boaty Weekender was held on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea instead of UK holiday parks. The band's eleventh studio album, A Bit of Previous , was released in May 2022. In January 2023, the band announced

440-487: The Arab Strap in 1998, and it reached No. 12 in the UK charts. Arab Strap garnered an NPR interview and positive reviews from Rolling Stone and The Village Voice , and others; however, the album has its detractors, including Pitchfork , who gave the album a particularly poor review, calling it a "parody" of their earlier work (Pitchfork has since removed the review from their website and re-reviewed

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480-655: The Associates ), they recorded some demos, which in 1996 were picked up by the college's Music Business course that produces and releases one single each year on the college's label, Electric Honey . As Murdoch had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, he was granted permission to record a full-length album, which was recorded mostly live over three days, entitled Tigermilk . Murdoch and David recruited local musicians Stevie Jackson (guitar and vocals), Isobel Campbell (cello/vocals), Chris Geddes (keys) and Richard Colburn (drums),

520-514: The Pops . As the band's popularity and recognition was growing worldwide, their music began appearing in films and on television. The 2000 film High Fidelity mentions the band (with Jack Black 's character referring to them as "old sad bastard music" and disdaining their soft style) and features a clip from the song " Seymour Stein " from The Boy with the Arab Strap . Two songs by the band ("Expectations" and "Piazza, New York Catcher") appeared on

560-555: The Smiths and Nick Drake . The name "Belle and Sebastian" comes from the 1965 television series Belle and Sebastian . Though consistently lauded by critics, Belle and Sebastian's "wistful pop" has enjoyed only limited commercial success. In 1994, Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David both enrolled at Stow College 's Beatbox programme for unemployed musicians in Glasgow. Together, with music professor Alan Rankine (formerly of

600-599: The UK charity War on Want ; the group subsequently recorded a song inspired by the trip titled "The Eighth Station of the Cross Kebab House", which would first appear on the digital-download version of the charity album Help!: A Day in the Life and would later have a physical release as a B-side on 2006's " Funny Little Frog " single. Push Barman to Open Old Wounds , a compilation of the Jeepster singles and EPs,

640-576: The World 2 . The Mayfair Set, a duo with Mike Sniper of Blank Dogs , released an eponymous single followed by the Young One 12-inch EP, both in 2009. Dee Dee and Tamaryn released a cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain song "Teenage Lust" in 2011 under the name Les Demoniaques. Also that year, Dee Dee, Sniper and J.B. Townsend of Crystal Stilts recorded a one-sided 7-inch single, "Faraway Friend," under

680-532: The album featured a college snapshot of Dee Dee's mother, who died from cancer in 2010. After its release, Dee Dee assembled a touring band, and their first shows were in support of Girls . In 2011, the EP He Gets Me High was released, which included a cover of " There Is a Light That Never Goes Out " by the Smiths . This record marked the addition of Sune Rose Wagner of the Raveonettes to

720-491: The album positively in 2018). During the recording of the album, long-time studio trumpet-player Mick Cooke was asked to join the band as a full member. The This Is Just a Modern Rock Song EP followed later that year. In 1999, the band was awarded with Best Newcomer (for their third album) at the BRIT Awards , upsetting better-known acts such as Steps and 5ive . That same year, the band hosted their own festival,

760-455: The band being signed to Jeepster Records in August 1996, who released their second album If You're Feeling Sinister on 18 November. The album was named by Spin as one of the 100 greatest albums between 1985 and 2005, and it is widely considered the band's masterpiece. Just before the recording of Sinister , Sarah Martin (violin/vocals) joined the band. Following this a series of EPs were released throughout 1997. The first of these

800-412: The band in the spring of 2002, in the middle of the band's North American tour to pursue a solo career, first as The Gentle Waves , and later under her own name. She later collaborated with singer Mark Lanegan on three albums. The band left Jeepster in 2002, signing a four-album deal with Rough Trade Records . Their first album for Rough Trade, Dear Catastrophe Waitress , was released in 2003 and

840-522: The band performed their first UK gig in almost four years to a crowd of around 30,000 at Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Southwold . They performed two new songs, "I Didn't See It Coming" and "I'm Not Living in the Real World". Their eighth studio album, released in the UK and internationally on 25 September 2010, was titled Write about Love . The first single from the album, as well as

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880-571: The band played a historic show with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl . The opening act at the 18,000 seat sell-out concert was The Shins . The members of the band see this as a landmark event, with Stevie Jackson saying, "This is the biggest thrill of my entire life". In October 2006, members of the band helped put together a CD collection of new songs for children titled Colours Are Brighter , with

920-488: The band's early days. The band compiled a second compilation album The Third Eye Centre which included the B-sides and rarities released after Push Barman to Open Old Wounds , from the albums Dear Catastrophe Waitress , The Life Pursuit , and Write about Love . In an interview at the end of 2013, Mick Cooke confirmed he had left the band on good terms. The band received an 'Outstanding Contribution to Music Award' at

960-534: The band's third top 20 UK release, and the band was nominated for both the Mercury Music Prize and an Ivor Novello Award . In January 2005, B&S was voted Scotland's greatest band in a poll by The List , beating Simple Minds , Idlewild , Travis , Franz Ferdinand , and The Proclaimers , among others. In April 2005, members of the band visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with

1000-471: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 927358440 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:43:19 GMT Belle and Sebastian Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch , the band has released twelve studio albums. They are often compared with acts such as

1040-454: The involvement of major bands such as Franz Ferdinand and The Flaming Lips . On 18 November 2008 the band released The BBC Sessions , which features songs from the period of 1996–2001 (including the last recordings featuring Isobel Campbell before she left the band), along with a second disc featuring a recording of a live performance in Belfast from Christmas 2001. On 17 July 2010,

1080-604: The latter of whom shared a flat with David and was a student on the Music Business course, to perform on the album, with Murdoch describing the process as a "product of botched capitalism". The band chose the name Belle and Sebastian from a short story Murdoch had written inspired by the television series Belle and Sebastian , about a six-year-old boy and his dog, named Belle, a Great Pyrenees. In June 1996, Electric Honey pressed up one thousand copies of Tigermilk on vinyl . The warm response Tigermilk received led to

1120-496: The name Zodiacs, which was given away via Captured Tracks mail order. Dee Dee and her husband released a 2013 single, "Something That Feels Bad Is Something That Feels Good", as Haunted Hearts, followed by the Initiation full-length in 2014. In 2012, Dum Dum Girls drummer Sandra Vu created the band Sisu , which she described as combining "echo-ridden, cold, distorted synth sounds—with pop melodies". In 2013, Dee Dee composed

1160-831: The production team. Second album Only in Dreams was released in September 2011, featuring the singles "Coming Down" and "Bedroom Eyes". This album is the only Dum Dum Girls recording to feature the full band. On December 1, 2011, Dum Dum Girls performed "Bedroom Eyes" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . In September 2012, the EP End of Daze was released, preceded by the single "Lord Knows" on July 31, 2012, which Pitchfork awarded "Best New Track". The EP received "Best New Music" from Pitchfork as well. On October 31, 2013, Dum Dum Girls announced their third full-length album Too True , set for release on January 28, 2014 and featuring

1200-449: The record's title track " Write about Love ", was released in the US on 7 September 2010. Write about Love entered the UK albums chart in its first week of release, peaking at No. 8 as of 19 October 2010. Norah Jones is featured on the track "Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John", and Carey Mulligan sings on the title track. In December 2010 Belle and Sebastian curated the sequel to

1240-573: The return of Murdoch as the group's primary songwriter, following the poorly received Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant and Storytelling , both of which were more collaborative than the band's early work. A documentary DVD, Fans Only , was released by Jeepster in October 2003, featuring promotional videos, live clips and unreleased footage. A single from the album, " Step into My Office, Baby " followed in November 2003; it would be their first single to be taken from an album, and included

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1280-419: The same year, the band appeared in the news for a comical story that occurred during their US tour, in which they accidentally forgot Colburn in a North Dakota Walmart . In December 2017 and January and February 2018, the band released a trio of EPs under the name How to Solve Our Human Problems . On 3 November 2018, the band announced that Dave McGowan had become a member. In August 2019, to celebrate

1320-616: The single "Lost Boys & Girls Club", whose video premiered with H&M on October 31, 2013. For this album, Dee Dee cited Suede , Blondie , Siouxsie and the Banshees , the Pretenders , Madonna and the Stone Roses as her influences. On December 5, 2014, Converse released a Dum Dum Girls split single, "On Christmas", as the third part of three digital installments of the company's holiday-themed compilation EP, Noise to

1360-596: The songs as "genuine earworms, both unfailingly hip and often wonderfully associative". Dee Dee produced the record with Richard Gottehrer , who had previously worked with Richard Hell , Blondie , the Go-Gos and the Raveonettes . Gottehrer also co-wrote the early 1960s hit songs " My Boyfriend's Back " and " I Want Candy ". The record included guest guitarists Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs on "Yours Alone"; Dee Dee's ex-husband, Brandon Welchez of Crocodiles , on "Blank Girl"; and Andrew Miller on multiple tracks. The cover of

1400-457: The soundtrack for the 2007 hit film Juno . Also, the title track from Arab Strap was played over the end credits of the UK television series Teachers , and the lyric "Colour my life with the chaos of trouble" from the song was quoted by one of the characters in the 2009 film (500) Days of Summer . Stuart David soon left the band to concentrate on his side project, Looper , and his book writing, which included his The Idle Thoughts of

1440-545: The soundtrack for the Brazilian film The Way He Looks , about a blind, gay teenage boy and his friends, released in 2014. Belle and Sebastian performed at the Glastonbury Festival on 28 June 2015, on 'The Other Stage' and at O2 Academy, Glasgow in March 2017 which was televised in the UK as part of the 'BBC 6 MUSIC Presents Festival'. In mid-2017, the band put out a new single, "We Were Beautiful". During

1480-479: Was Dog on Wheels , released in May and consisting of four demo tracks recorded prior to the real formation of the band. In fact, the only long-term band members to play on the songs were Murdoch, David, and Mick Cooke , who played trumpet on the EP but would not officially join the band until a few years later. It charted at No. 59 in the UK singles chart. The Lazy Line Painter Jane EP followed in July. The track

1520-410: Was produced by Trevor Horn . The album showed a markedly more "produced" sound compared to their first four LPs, as the band was making a concerted effort to produce more "radio-friendly" music. At this point, the band began to engage more with the press and started appearing in publicity shots. The album was warmly received and is credited with restoring the band's "indie cred". The album also marked

1560-603: Was recorded in the church where Murdoch lived and features vocals from Monica Queen . The EP narrowly missed out on the UK top 40, peaking at No. 41. The last of the EPs was October's 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light . The EP was made Single of the Week in both the NME and Melody Maker and reached No. 32 in the charts, thus becoming the band's first top 40 single. Despite the band's growing popularity, during this period they kept

1600-633: Was released in May 2005 while the band were recording their seventh album in California. The result of the sessions was The Life Pursuit , produced by Tony Hoffer . The album, originally intended to be a double album, became the band's highest-charting album upon its release in February 2006, peaking at No. 8 in the UK and No. 65 on the US Billboard 200 . "Funny Little Frog", which preceded it, also proved to be their highest-charting single, debuting at No. 13. On 6 July 2006,

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