Belle and Sebastian

What started as a government-funded recording project by a group of shut-ins with no aspirations beyond getting a few songs recorded grew into one of the world's most lasting and beloved indie pop bands. Glasgow's Belle and Sebastian began inauspiciously in 1994 and quickly caught on worldwide with their lushly orchestrated chamber pop tunes built on unabashedly twee sentiments and melodies as delicate as they were captivating. The rushed, low-budget production of the group's 1996 debut, Tigermilk, didn't detract from the gentle power of the songs, and probably added to the charm of Belle and Sebastian's affable but slightly warped musical personality. The band quickly outgrew their humble beginnings in spite of themselves, turning in classic albums like If You're Feeling Sinister and The Boy with the Arab Strap one after another throughout the '90s. They continued to evolve as the years went on with consistently strong albums like 2010's Write About Love and stylistically diverse efforts like 2022's A Bit of Previous and 2023's Late Developers, released within months of one another.

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