Description
A Bit of Previous is the tenth studio album by Belle and Sebastian and their first full-length in seven years. The album was recorded in Belle and Sebastians hometown of Glasgow when plans to fly to Los Angeles in spring of 2020 were scrapped due to the pandemic. Says Murdoch in the liner notes: We did it together, us and the city. This record was the first full LP recording for B&S in Glasgow since Fold Your Hands Child, 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. A Bit Of Previous is a classic Belle and Sebastian album preoccupied with songs and melodies that wont leave your head and lyrics that can make you smile and ponder and sometimes be melancholic. The result is one the most diverse, hands-on and thrilling entries in the bands catalogue, self-produced and recorded (with contributions from Brian McNeill, Matt Wiggins, Kevin Burleigh and Shawn Everett). Young And Stupid is a stuttering folk rock earworm that faces the passage of time with wry ennui, Come On Home with its warm fireside piano evokes a handing over of the generational baton, while the deceptively feelgood, choir-backed If Theyre Shooting At You reads like a poignant ode to defiance and survival.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.