Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
out Jan 16 one week prior to their
Auckland Laneway performance
As previously announced, Belle and Sebastian will release their ninth studio album on January 16, 2015 (Jan 19 in the UK and Europe), “Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance.” Today, a peek at the album cover, track listing, and more.
Last week, The Quietus published an interview with Stuart Murdoch and Richard Colburn which gives a hint of what to expect. The album opens with “Nobody’s Empire,” which Stuart said “is absolutely the most personal [song] I’ve ever written.” About the beginnings of his lifelong struggle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which led to his first forays into songwriting, it is easily one of his most musically and emotionally epic songs.
What it doesn’t indicate is how fun the album is. 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, the band – who have been listening to things like vintage Detroit techno and Giogio Moroder – have brought a dance-party element (and a disco song about Sylvia Plath) into their gorgeous tales of sensitive souls navigating a world gone awry. It is perhaps the most inspired and wide-reaching album Belle and Sebastian have ever made.
ALBUM PRE-ORDER:
iTunes
TRACK LISTING:
1. Nobody’s Empire
2. Allie
3. The Party Line
4. The Power of Three
5. The Cat with the Cream
6. Enter Sylvia Plath
7. The Everlasting Muse
8. Perfect Couples
9. Ever Had a Little Faith?
10. Play for Today
11. The Book of You
12. Today (This Army’s for Peace)
FORMATS
Digital (iTunes comes with pre-order bonus tracks ‘Piggy In The Middle‘ and ‘A Politician’s Silence’)
– CD (with 24 page booklet)
– Vinyl: 2x LP gatefold vinyl
– Box set: Limited edition 4x LP with exclusive bonus tracks, extended mixes and poster
