Hey again,
I've always held the highest regard for musicians and bands that do their own thing, unconcerned with radio-friendly tracks or star-studded earrings.
Belle and Sebastian were formed in the most unlikely of ways. In 1996, Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David (the founding members) decided to record a few demos for fun with their professor at Stow College and those demos wound up being selected by the Music Business department's student-run record label, Electric Honey. The label and school were so impressed that they urged both Stuarts to record a full-length album. After it's completion, the album "Tigermilk" was a hit within most of Scotland and the original vinyl copies (only 900 were made) now sell for more than 900 dollars. Stuart Murdoch decided to recruit artists to form a proper band and within months Belle and Sebastian as we know it came to exist.
In 2008, the band released the BBC sessions, which features an overview of their past and present songs. I was originally going to post the BBC live version of the song Mornington Crescent from the album "The Life Pursuit" but I thought the vocals were too shabby for consideration. While searching for that song I came across this one. It's from the same album but the vocals and overall performance is much, much better. I think the lyrics are artful and really love the fact that the video initially seems like it's form the 60's or something (yes! for poor video quality). This is the kind of song you can cruise to, bop to and feel stable with. Enjoy.
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