Days of the Bagnold Summer began life as a 2012 award-winning graphic novel by Joff Winterhart, was turned into a feature film and the directorial debut of Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners, Friday Night Dinner), and is now a wonderful, rich, bittersweet, and warmly welcoming original soundtrack album by Belle and Sebastian, to be released September 13 on Matador Records.

The announcement arrives with first single ‘Sister Buddha’ and its accompanying video, which can be seen HERE. Premiered by Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music, the anthemic and transcendent song is led by shards of melodic guitar and Stuart Murdoch’s compassionate lyrics and soaring vocals, telling of a protagonist in search of an escape from “the thrills, the pills, the circus ring” of daily life, brimming with a message of inner strength and solidarity.

Days Of The Bagnold Summer features eleven brand new Belle and Sebastian songs, as well as re-recorded versions of classics ‘Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying’, originally appearing on 1996’s If You’re Feeling Sinister, and ‘I Know Where The Summer Goes’, from 1998’s This Is Just a Modern Rock Song EP.

The band headline a run of festivals this summer, starting with their own The Boaty Weekender music cruise in August, followed by Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris in October, and the inaugural Primavera Weekender in Benidorm in November, alongside further UK and European headline shows. A full list of upcoming dates can be found underneath the album bio below. 

Days Of The Bagnold Summer, set for release in 2020, features BAFTA-winning actress Monica Dolan (Eye in the Sky, The Falling, Pride), Earl Cave (The End of the F***ing World), Rob Brydon (The Trip, A Cock and Bull Story), BIFA-Award-winning actress, writer and director Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Adult Life Skills, Sightseers), Olivier-Award-winner actress Tamsin Greig (Second Best Marigold Hotel, Tamara Drewe) and Elliot Speller-Gillot (Uncle). It’s a tender, touching and acutely observed coming-of-age story, which tells of a heavy-metal-loving teenager’s holiday plans falling through at the last minute, leading to him having to spend the summer with the person who annoys him most in the world: his mum. The film is set for release in 2020, watch a preview clip HERE.

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Days of the Bagnold Summer is the latest outside-the-box accomplishment from storied Glasgow 7-piece Belle and Sebastian, comprised of Stuart Murdoch, Stevie Jackson, Sarah Martin, Chris Geddes, Richard Colburn, Dave McGowan and Bobby Kildea. The last two years have seen them go against conventional practice by releasing a trilogy of EPs to some of the best reviews of their career, and launch and curate their own four-day music festival at sea in The Boaty Weekender, continuing the individualist streak that has characterized them from day one. 

Did Stuart Murdoch, Belle and Sebastian’s lead singer and songwriter, know the comic book before Bird, a longtime fan, approached the band to write the soundtrack? “No, I didn’t,” he admits. “But its style and its atmosphere set me off straight away. I read it on a Friday, and by Monday I pretty much had all my ideas lined up. What was great was that Simon hadn’t shot anything then.” He laughs. “You want to get in early, because that way you can start having late night conversations with the director about The Graduate, or whatever. We all have fantasies about those great movies of the Sixties and the Seventies. If you going to get involved with a project like this, you want to do it right.”

Interspersing some of their most casually gorgeous songs in recent memory with wildly transportal instrumentals, Days of the Bagnold Summer is something of a scenic detour from the band’s recent work, largely exchanging the funk, soul and psych of the How To Solve Our Human Problems triptych for more pastoral and acoustic textures. Ones that make lyrical use of strings, French horn, banjo and the occasional trumpet. 

Is releasing a soundtrack a different prospect from releasing a regular album? Would a Belle and Sebastian fan notice the difference if they didn’t know? “Everything we do that becomes an album is a big deal for us,” says Murdoch. “We’re quietly pleased with how the collaboration went, but the truth is that you don’t know what’s going to happen when it goes out into the world, and people hear it.” Martin thinks it is slightly different from other records they’ve put out. “It’s more consistent, probably, than most of our albums. Soundtracks are a deeper cut. They’re not a big pop statement.” But is making music for film that different than making it for a listener? “The whole thing with music is to make a good moment better,” Murdoch says. “Deeper, more thrilling, more heartfelt.”

Tracklist

 1. Sister Buddha (Intro)
 2. I Know Where The Summer Goes
 3. Did The Day Go Just Like You Wanted?
 4. Jill Pole
 5. I’ll Keep It Inside
 6. Safety Valve
 7. The Colour’s Gonna Run
 8. Another Day, Another Night
 9. Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying
10. Wait And See What The Day Holds
11. Sister Buddha
12. This Letter
13. We Were Never Glorious

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From: James Sandom
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2019 9:23 PM
To: Website; London; Artist Updates; NewEraMM Staff
Cc: Coran Capshaw; Bruce Eskowitz; Jessica Lord; Laura Taylor; Maria Torres
Subject: BELLE & SEBASTIAN ANNOUNCE “DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER” FILM SOUNDTRACK LP, HEADLINE BOTH PITCHFORK FESTIVAL PARIS & PITCHFORK FESTIVAL CHICAGO 

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN ANNOUNCE“DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER”ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK LP

NEW ALBUM RELEASED SEPTEMBER 13TH VIA MATADOR RECORDS

WATCH THE VIDEO TO SINGLE ‘SISTER BUDDHA‘ https://youtu.be/K9QjEtsMmuo 

Belle and Sebastian – “Sister Buddha” (Official Music Video) – YouTubeyoutu.beFrom the ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’ Original Soundtrack by Belle and Sebastian released by Matador Records on September 13th. Stream the track and purchase…

HEADLINE THE BOATY WEEKENDER, PITCHFORK FESTIVALS IN PARIS & CHICAGO, PRIMAVERA WEEKENDER, PLUS UK, EUROPEAN & NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE SHOWS

Days of the Bagnold Summer began life as a 2012 award-winning graphic novel by Joff Winterhart, was turned into a feature film and the directorial debut of Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners, Friday Night Dinner), and is now a wonderful, rich, bittersweet, and warmly welcoming original soundtrack album by Belle and Sebastian, to be released September 13 on Matador Records.

The announcement arrives with first single ‘Sister Buddha’ and its accompanying video, which can be seen HERE. Premiered by Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music, the anthemic and transcendent song is led by shards of melodic guitar and Stuart Murdoch’s compassionate lyrics and soaring vocals, telling of a protagonist in search of an escape from “the thrills, the pills, the circus ring” of daily life, brimming with a message of inner strength and solidarity.

Days Of The Bagnold Summer features eleven brand new Belle and Sebastian songs, as well as re-recorded versions of classics ‘Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying’, originally appearing on 1996’s If You’re Feeling Sinister,and ‘I Know Where The Summer Goes’, from 1998’s This Is Just a Modern Rock Song EP.

The band headline a run of festivals this summer, starting with their own The Boaty Weekender music cruise in August, followed by Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris in October, and the inaugural Primavera Weekender in Benidorm in November, alongside further UK and European headline shows. A full list of upcoming dates can be found underneath the album bio below. 

Days Of The Bagnold Summer, set for release in 2020, features BAFTA-winning actress Monica Dolan (Eye in the Sky, The Falling, Pride), Earl Cave (The End of the F***ing World), Rob Brydon (The Trip, A Cock and Bull Story), BIFA-Award-winning actress, writer and director Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Adult Life Skills, Sightseers), Olivier-Award-winner actress Tamsin Greig (Second Best Marigold Hotel, Tamara Drewe) and Elliot Speller-Gillot (Uncle). It’s a tender, touching and acutely observed coming-of-age story, which tells of a heavy-metal-loving teenager’s holiday plans falling through at the last minute, leading to him having to spend the summer with the person who annoys him most in the world: his mum. The film is set for release in 2020, watch a preview clip HERE.

—-

Days of the Bagnold Summer is the latest outside-the-box accomplishment from storied Glasgow 7-piece Belle and Sebastian, comprised of Stuart Murdoch, Stevie Jackson, Sarah Martin, Chris Geddes, Richard Colburn, Dave McGowan and Bobby Kildea. The last two years have seen them go against conventional practice by releasing a trilogy of EPs to some of the best reviews of their career, and launch and curate their own four-day music festival at sea in The Boaty Weekender, continuing the individualist streak that has characterized them from day one. 

Did Stuart Murdoch, Belle and Sebastian’s lead singer and songwriter, know the comic book before Bird, a longtime fan, approached the band to write the soundtrack? “No, I didn’t,” he admits. “But its style and its atmosphere set me off straight away. I read it on a Friday, and by Monday I pretty much had all my ideas lined up. What was great was that Simon hadn’t shot anything then.” He laughs. “You want to get in early, because that way you can start having late night conversations with the director about The Graduate, or whatever. We all have fantasies about those great movies of the Sixties and the Seventies. If you going to get involved with a project like this, you want to do it right.”

Interspersing some of their most casually gorgeous songs in recent memory with wildly transportal instrumentals, Days of the Bagnold Summer is something of a scenic detour from the band’s recent work, largely exchanging the funk, soul and psych of the How To Solve Our Human Problemstriptych for more pastoral and acoustic textures. Ones that make lyrical use of strings, French horn, banjo and the occasional trumpet. 

Is releasing a soundtrack a different prospect from releasing a regular album? Would a Belle and Sebastian fan notice the difference if they didn’t know? “Everything we do that becomes an album is a big deal for us,” says Murdoch. “We’re quietly pleased with how the collaboration went, but the truth is that you don’t know what’s going to happen when it goes out into the world, and people hear it.” Martin thinks it is slightly different from other records they’ve put out. “It’s more consistent, probably, than most of our albums. Soundtracks are a deeper cut. They’re not a big pop statement.” But is making music for film that different than making it for a listener? “The whole thing with music is to make a good moment better,” Murdoch says. “Deeper, more thrilling, more heartfelt.”

Artwork

Tracklist

 1. Sister Buddha (Intro)
 2. I Know Where The Summer Goes
 3. Did The Day Go Just Like You Wanted?
 4. Jill Pole
 5. I’ll Keep It Inside
 6. Safety Valve
 7. The Colour’s Gonna Run
 8. Another Day, Another Night
 9. Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying
10. Wait And See What The Day Holds
11. Sister Buddha
12. This Letter
13. We Were Never Glorious

Tour Dates: 

July 2nd, Sheffield, Leadmill, UK*

July 3rd, Albert Hall, Manchester, UK*

July 4th, O2 Academy, Oxford, UK*

July 10, Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY, US **

July  11, Sprint Pavilion, Charlottesville VA, US #

July 12, Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA, US #

July 13, House of Blues, Boston MA, US #

July 15, M Telus, Montreal QC, CA %

July 16, Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, CA %

July 18, The Warhol at Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh PA, US %

July 19, House of Blues, Cleveland OH, US %

July 20 Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago IL, US

July 21 Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, US %

July 23 Weesner Family Amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo, Minneapolis MN, US %

July 25 Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary AB, CA

August 8-12th The Boaty Weekender,  Barcelona – Cagliari

Nov 1 Pitchfork Music Festival, Paris, France

Nov 2, Le Krakatoa, Mérignac, France 

Nov 3, Le Bikini, Toulouse, France

Nov 4 Baluarte, Pamplona, Spain

Nov 6 Aula Magna, Lisbon, Portugal

Nov 8 Primavera Weekender, Benidorm Spain

*with support from Westerman

 **with support from Barrie 

#with support from Ex Hex 

%with support from Men I Trust