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Beloved Scottish indie pop group 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 have announced their return to Australia to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal album 𝐈𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫.

Belle and Sebastian helped define a generation of indie pop with their quietly radical sound.
Considered pioneers of the twee pop genre, the band became known for their intricate, 60’s inspired arrangements. With their charming, nostalgic sound characterised by frontman Stuart Murdoch’s introspective lyrics, the band offered an alternative to the bravado of Britpop.

Their sophomore album 𝐼𝑓 𝑌𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟. has grown to become a cult favourite. With tracks like “𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐃𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠”, “𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞”, and “𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬”, the album was praised by The Guardian as “𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐, 𝑤𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑐”.
𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦’𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, scoring it a rare 10, describing it as “marvelous” and “cult-forming” with “𝑒𝑥𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙”.
Rolling Stone also placed the album at 𝐍𝐨. 𝟕𝟓 on their 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 list and 𝐍𝐨. 𝟒𝟖𝟏 on their 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 list.

Praised as a “𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒” (Volume Media), Belle & Sebastian create a stage dynamic that’s “𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔” (Backseat Mafia).