A SERIES OF THREE EPs – DECEMBER 8th, JANUARY 19th, FEBRUARY 16th

 CD ALBUM & DELUXE VINYL BOX SET – FEBRUARY 16th

 

NEW SINGLE ‘I’LL BE YOUR PILOT’ lifted from EP 2

OUT NOW, LISTEN HERE

 

2018 UK & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

READ: Q&A with Stuart Murdoch via Stereogum, which explains the motive behind this trifecta of EPs, https://www.stereogum.com/1966312/qa-stuart-murdoch-on-belle-and-sebastians-new-ep-series-and-the-state-they-are-in-after-20-years/franchises/interview/

” src=”cid:969B47D7-8D2A-4DDA-B3DC-A674950CCEA7″ alt=”969B47D7-8D2A-4DDA-B3DC-A674950CCEA7.png” border=”0″ v:shapes=”Picture_x0020_6″ type=”image/png” class=”Apple-web-attachment Singleton”>

A new Belle and Sebastian release is always something to cheer. So today’s announcement of three new releases leads to the inevitable conclusion: three cheers! Here is the latest installment in a career that has always pursued a singular and delightful vision of what pop represents and what it can achieve, a career that has seen them triumph against the odds to win a Brit award, be one of the first bands to curate their own festival, and play at the London residence of the US ambassador (the last president’s ambassador, not the current one’s).

Their new music has the timeless blend of joy and melancholy that has always characterised them. What has changed is how the group want their music to be released, and over the coming months, Belle and Sebastian will gift the world a double album’s worth of music – richly melodic, deliciously literate, as gentle as a summer stream but as insistent as a river

Harkening back to their 1997 release of three consecutive EPs (Dog On Wheels, Lazy Line Painter Jane, and 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds Of Light), Belle and Sebastian will release three new EPs under the umbrella title How To Solve Our Human Problems, with the first EP coming out on December 8^th, the second on January 19^th, and the third on February 16^th  (vinyl and digital only).  The EP trilogy will culminate with a compilation CD and a limited vinyl box set containing all three EPs, with the option of a box just for EP3 for those who have already purchased 1 and 2.

To celebrate this announcement, Belle and Sebastian has revealed a new song titled ‘I’ll Be Your Pilot’, which can be found on EP2 and heard HERE.

Just as those three early EPs are at the very heart of the Belle and Sebastian canon, so these three new releases deserve to be treated not as a stopgap, but as definitive releases in their own right. How To Solve Our Human Problems is both an era of its own, and part of a long, rich history. How To Solve Our Human Problems is, if you like, Belle and Sebastian Redux.

” src=”cid:6486826E-80CD-4353-8DA1-DA03C973F5BB” alt=”6486826E-80CD-4353-8DA1-DA03C973F5BB.png” border=”0″ v:shapes=”Picture_x0020_2″ type=”image/png” class=”Apple-web-attachment Singleton”>

How To Solve Our Human Problems Part 1 – Tracklisting:

1. Sweet Dew Lee
2. We Were Beautiful
3. Fickle Season
4. The Girl Doesn’t Get It
5. Everything Is Now

” src=”cid:B3449F77-F9F2-40BC-A04E-5EB2B2C35415″ alt=”B3449F77-F9F2-40BC-A04E-5EB2B2C35415.png” border=”0″ v:shapes=”Picture_x0020_3″ type=”image/png” class=”Apple-web-attachment Singleton”>

How To Solve Our Human Problems Part 2 – Tracklisting:

1. Show Me The Sun
2. Same Star
3. I’ll Be Your Pilot
4. Cornflakes
5. A Plague On All Other Boys

” src=”cid:72388899-2E0D-4438-A022-C21727B4B53E” alt=”72388899-2E0D-4438-A022-C21727B4B53E.png” border=”0″ v:shapes=”Picture_x0020_4″ type=”image/png” class=”Apple-web-attachment Singleton”>

How To Solve Our Human Problems Part 3 – Tracklisting:

1. Poor Boy
2. Everything Is Now (Part Two)
3. Too Many Tears
4. There Is An Everlasting Song
5. Best Friend

Tour Dates:

Mon – 05-Feb – Belgium, Antwerp, De Roma

Tue – 06-Feb – France, Strasbourg, La Laiterie

Wed – 07-Feb – France, Paris, Salle Pleyel

Fri – 09-Feb – France, Nantes, Stereolox

Sun – 11-Feb – Luxembourg, Rockhal

Mon – 12-Feb – Switzerland, Zurich, Xtra limmathaus

Tue – 13-Feb – Italy, Milan, Fabrique

Wed – 14-Feb – Italy, Bologna, Estragon

Fri – 16-Feb – Germany, Munich, Muffathalle

Sat – 17-Feb – Germany, Berlin, Admiralspalast

Sun – 18-Feb – Germany, Frankfurt, Batschkapp

Mon – 19-Feb – Netherlands, Amsterdam, Carre

Wed – 21-Feb – Denmark, Copenhagen, DK Studio 1

Thu – 22-Feb – Sweden, Stockholm, Munchen Brewery

Fri – 23-Feb – Norway, Oslo, Sentrum Scene

Sat – 24-Feb – Sweden, Gothenburg, Studios

Tue – 06-Mar – UK, Cornwall Truro Hall

Thu – 08-Mar – Wales, Cardiff, Millenium Centre

Fri – 09-Mar – Wales, Aberystwyth, Arts Centre

Sat – 10-Mar – UK, Nottingham Rock City

Mon – 12-Mar – UK, Manchester Bridgewater Hall

Tue – 13-Mar – UK, Cambridge Corn Exchange

Thu – 15-Mar – UK, Brighton Dome

Fri – 16-Mar – UK, London Troxy

Sat – 17-Mar – UK, London Troxy

Mon – 19-Mar – UK, Liverpool Philharmonic

Tue – 20-Mar – UK, York Opera House

Thu – 22-Mar – UK, Gateshead Sage

Fri – 23-Mar – Scotland, Perth, Concert Hall

Sat – 24-Mar – Scotland, Edinburgh, Usher Hall

Mon – 26-Mar – Ireland, Dublin, Vicar St

Tue – 27-Mar – Ireland, Dublin, Vicar St

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

Official Site / Facebook / Twitter  / Instagram / Store