Dang. Belle and Sebastian — quite probably the only group of people hailing from Scotland EVER to be consistently hailed as “adorable” — have been doing their musical adorability-thing for kind of a while now. Last we heard from them, they were releasing their adorable eighth album (which we all positively adored, right?), and that was way back in 2010.
Since then, we merely heard tell about what they were up to here and there, wondering amongst ourselves when exactly the band would reemerge and resume its reign of abject adorability (the crowns and royal garments that look… well, absolutely adorable). But no longer! Stuart Murdoch and his cute compatriots took to the web waves the other day to issue the following charmingly unassuming announcement (and yeah, I totally adored the shit out of it):
Our ninth studio album, Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, will be released on January 19, 2015 (January 20 in the North America) via Matador [… It] was produced and mixed at Maze Studios in Atlanta by Ben H. Allen III, best known for his work with Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, and Raury, among others. Additional mixing was done with longtime collaborator Tony Doogan in Glasgow, and the album was mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios.
Q: AWWWWW! HOW SICKENINGLY CUTE IS THAT?!? A: Almost as cute as the album trailer streaming down below!
Oh yeah, they also took the time to remind us that the entirety of their vinyl catalogue will be back in print on October 7, including the “much sought after” Push Barman To Open Old Wounds and The Life Pursuit LPs, as well as alternate cover art for Dear Catastrophe Waitress. Though honestly, I didn’t think that announcement was nearly as adorable as the first one. Not sure why. I must have been running out of electrolytes or something.
Belle, Sebastian, and tourdates:
10.03.14 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10.06-07.14 - Los Angeles, CA - The Theatre at the Ace Hotel
10.08.14 - Phoenix, AZ - Civic Space Park
10.10.14 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10.12.14 - Mexico City, Mexico - Corona Capital Music Festival
10.28.14 - Manchester, England - Cathedral
10.29.14 - Bexhill-on-Sea, England - De La Warr Pavilion
10.31.14 - Paris, France - Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
02.16.14 - Tapei, Taiwan - Hostess Club Tapei
05.22.14 - Glasgow, Scotland - Hydro Arena (w/ the Scottish Festival Orchestra)
06.10.14 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
07.02-04.14 - Keflavik, Iceland - ATP Iceland
• Belle and Sebastian: http://www.belleandsebastian.com
• Matador: http://matadorrecords.com
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