Belle And Sebastian by Anna Isola Crolla
Belle And Sebastian look ahead to the start of their North American tour.
Belle And Sebastian have released a new single entitled What Happened To You, Son? with a week to go until the start of their US and Canadian tour in Atlanta, GA.
The track had been earmarked for the band’s 2023 album Late Developers but, with an eye on the run-time, was ‘randomly pulled’ according to Stuart Murdoch:
“The song is about my youth, and the funny hole I fell into in my late teens. I was failing at my university course, failing in almost everything I tried around then.”
“I was obsessed with the music of the time, I used to hang so much on the lyrics and message and feeling of certain bands of the 80s era – it probably wasn’t healthy.”
“So although the theme of this song is a little accusatory, the fault is with the beholder. I could have switched off at any time. Instead I let the singers become my penpals and my deities.”
The song tries to address what happens when the pop stars grow up, and change, and go a different way, and seem to betray the stance they held when you loved them the most. The song finishes hopefully, however. There’s always a way forward, always a light to guide you if you look closely, if you give up part of yourself, if you let yourself flow and change.
Where are Belle And Sebastian touring:
April
23 Atlanta, GA, The Eastern
24 Richmond, VA, The National
26 Philadelphia, PA, Union Transfer
27 Boston, MA, Orpheum Theatre
28 Montreal, QC, M Telus
29 Toronto, ON, History
May
1 Brooklyn, NY, Paramount
2 Washington, D.C., The Anthem
3 Detroit, MI, Royal Oak Music Theatre
4 Chicago, IL, Salt Shed
6 Kalamazoo, MI, Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
7 Milwaukee, WI, Turner Hall Ballroom
8 Minneapolis, MN, First Avenue
10 Denver, CO, The Fillmore Auditorium
13,14 Los Angeles, CA, The Bellwether
15 Los Angeles, CA, The Theatre at Ace Hotel
16 Oakland, CA, Fox Theater
18 Portland, OR, Revolution Hall
19 Seattle, WA, Moore Theatre
Where are Belle And Sebastian tickets on-sale? At this link.
