Belle and Sebastian

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking to Stuart Murdoch and Stevie Jackson from the Scottish folk-pop band, Belle & Sebastian. After seven years, the indie pop band is releasing their ninth studio album, their first in seven years – A Bit of Previous. The album was recorded in Belle & Sebastian’s hometown of Glasgow, after plans to record in LA fell through because of the pandemic.

Bruce Headlam talks to Stuart and Stevie about their new album and the band plays songs live from the new project. Stuart also talks about how getting sick at 21 was a critical moment in his music career, and how he is not personally itching to get back out in front of a live audience.

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0:00.0	Pushkin
0:11.3	Hey y'all it's Justin Richmond.
0:13.0	Today on the show we're talking to Stuart Murdock and Stevie Jackson from the Scottish
0:17.1	folk pop band, Belle and Sebastian.
0:20.3	The band formed in 96 after meeting through a government-funded class for unemployed musicians.
0:25.6	It soon became a showcase for Stuart Murdock's catchy melodies and witty stories about the
0:29.9	everyday lives of Scottish bohemians.
0:33.2	Inspired by the sounds of the 60s like the Beatles, Paul Simon, Bert Bacarack, their music
0:38.2	has been described as perfect chamber pop music.
0:42.0	On today's episode, Bruce Hedlem talks to Stuart and Stevie about writing and recording
0:46.0	their latest and 10th album, A Bit of Previous.
0:49.8	Stuart also talks about how getting sick at 21 was a critical moment in the start of his
0:54.7	music career.
0:55.7	This is Broken Record, Liner Notes for the Digital Age on Justin Richmond.
1:03.9	Here's Bruce Hedlem with Stuart and Stevie.
1:06.8	You've got a new album coming out.
1:08.8	Can you tell me a little bit about the making of this album because it was done during the
1:13.0	pandemic?
1:14.0	How did that affect how you did the album, where you did the album, how did all that shake
1:18.0	out?
1:19.0	We had our bags packed for Los Angeles.
1:21.7	We were ready to go and this was back in the spring of 2020.
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