History Music / BelleAndSebastian

In 2009, lead singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch formed a side project called God Help the Girl which released a single eponymous album. The songs on the album were of a similar style to Belle and Sebastian, but the lyrics focused more on the experiences of young women. Likewise, women sung most of the songs (though a fair number of normal Belle and Sebastian songs also have women singers). At some point, Murdoch though about using the songs for a film musical, but had no way of putting this into action...at least until Website/{{Kickstarter}} came around. After a successful campaign raised just over $120,000 (surpassing the set goal by just over $20,000), Murdoch was enabled to direct and produce the film; also titled ''Film/GodHelpTheGirl'', it was released in 2014.

In 2009, lead singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch formed a side project called God Help the Girl which released a single eponymous album. The songs on the album were of a similar style to Belle and Sebastian, but the lyrics focused more on the experiences of young women. Likewise, women sung most of the songs (though a fair number of normal Belle and Sebastian songs also have women singers). At some point, Murdoch though about using the songs for a film musical, but had no way of putting this into action...at least until Website/{{Kickstarter}} came around. After a campaign to raise $100,000 was set up, and this goal was surpassed by just over $20,000, Murdoch was enabled to direct and produce the film; also titled ''Film/GodHelpTheGirl'', it was released in 2014.

Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish IndiePop band who have been compared to Music/TheSmiths and Music/BobDylan. They often couple sweet, soft and hummable melodies with surprisingly cynical and provocative lyrics. The band name actually has nothing to do with the names of the band members (although they used to have Isobel Campbell, a.k.a. "Belle", in the group) but comes from a 1965 French children's book called ''Belle et Sébastien''.

The band members are: Stuart Murdoch (lead singer, songwriter), Stevie Jackson (lead guitarist, singer), Chris Geddes (keyboardist), Richard Colburn (drummer), Sarah Martin (violinist, vocalist) and Bobby Kildea (bassist, guitarist). Former members include cellist/vocalist Isobel Campbell, trumpet player Mick Cooke and vocalist/bassist Stuart David.

In 2009, Stuart Murdoch formed a side project called God Help the Girl, which released a single eponymous album. The songs on the album were of a similar style to Belle and Sebastian, but the lyrics focused more on the experiences of young women. Likewise, women sung most of the songs (though a fair number of normal Belle and Sebastian songs also have women singers). At some point, Murdoch though about using the songs for a film musical, but had no way of putting this into action.

At least until Kickstarter came around, which let Murdoch direct and produce ''Film/GodHelpTheGirl'' in 2014.

'''Discography''':
* ''Tigermilk'' (1996)
* ''If You're Feeling Sinister'' (1996)
* ''The Boy With the Arab Strap'' (1998)
* ''Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant'' (2000)
* ''Storytelling'' (2002)
* ''Dear Catastrophe Waitress'' (2003)
* ''The Life Pursuit'' (2006)
* ''Write About Love'' (2010)
* ''Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance'' (2015)
* ''How to Solve Our Human Problems, Pts. I-III'' (2017-2018)
* ''Days of the Bagnold Summer'' (2019)
* ''A Bit of Previous'' (2022)
* ''Late Developers'' (2023)

* LongTitle: "Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying" and the album ''Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant''.

[[caption-width-right:350:None of them are actually named Belle or Sebastian.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:None of them are actually named Sebastian.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mentioned in "If You're Feeling Sinister":
-->''Chances are you'll probably feel better''
-->''If you stayed and played with yourself''

+Music/BobDylan, Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/{{Donovan}}, Music/TheKinks, Music/TheZombies, Music/NickDrake, Music/TheVelvetUnderground, Music/ThinLizzy, Music/TRex, Music/RoxyMusic, Music/TheAssociates, Orange Juice, Music/{{Felt}}, Music/TheSmiths, Music/ThePastels, Music/{{Pulp}}, Music/{{Momus}}, Music/{{Stereolab}}

* TitleTrack: ''If You're Feeling Sinister'', ''The Boy with the Arab Strap'', ''Storytelling'', ''Dear Catastrophe Waitress'' and ''Write About Love'' each have one. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''A Bit of Previous'', as a track of the same name was only released after the album's release.