Latest Release
- APR 16, 2024
- 1 Song
- The Boy With the Arab Strap · 1998
- Dear Catastrophe Waitress · 2003
- If You're Feeling Sinister · 1996
- Dear Catastrophe Waitress · 2003
- If You're Feeling Sinister · 1996
- If You're Feeling Sinister · 1996
- If You're Feeling Sinister · 1996
- The Life Pursuit · 2006
- Dear Catastrophe Waitress · 2003
- Every Day's a Lesson in Humility - Single · 2023
Essential Albums
Artist Playlists
- Indie-pop darlings for wistful romantics and the literary-minded.
- Descendants of the group's shimmering, romantic indie pop.
- A rich lineage of dreamy and clever pop melody makers.
- The poetic group gets exploratory with their delicate indie pop.
- Listen to the hits performed on the blockbuster tour.
Compilations
More To Hear
- Declan Mckenna picks the 5 Best Songs on Apple Music.
About Belle and Sebastian
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.
- ORIGIN
- Glasgow, Scotland
- FORMED
- January 1996
- GENRE
- Alternative