Three years after Days of the Bangold Summer, Scottish band Belle and Sebastian have announced the release of a new album called A Bit Of Previous which will be out on May 6th via Matador Records. “Unnecessary Drama” is the first excerpt which comes with the official video. Watch it below.
The new album was recorded in Belle and Sebastian’s hometown of Glasgow when plans to fly to Los Angeles in spring of 2020 were scrapped due to the pandemic. Says Murdoch in the liner notes: “We did it together, us and the city. This record was the first ‘full’ LP recording for B&S in Glasgow since Fold Your Hands Child, 1999. We clocked in every morning, we played our songs, we wrote together, we tried new things, we took the proverbial lump of clay, and we threw it every day.”