Stuart Murdoch and Sarah Martin of Belle And Sebastian

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🗓️ 26 December 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The indie band Belle and Sebastian is out with a trio of EPs called "How To Solve Our Human Problems." Members Stuart Murdoch and Sarah Martin talk to Sam about the new music, the songwriting process, life on the road, and why they still clean their own studio after 20 years. Email the show at [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback. Follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders and producers Brent Baughman @brentbaughman and Anjuli Sastry @AnjuliSastry.

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0:00.0	So I'm playing right now one of my favorite songs for this time of year, Alled Langed
0:10.3	Zine.
0:11.3	And it always makes me remember and look back on the highs and lows and good and bad of
0:16.8	the year that's about to end.
0:19.0	And one of the high points for me this year was developing a wonderful relationship with
0:23.4	our listening audience, which is why I feel pretty confident in coming to you again to
0:28.1	ask for money.
0:29.8	You've heard me do it before.
0:30.8	I'm going to do it again.
0:32.1	We need you to show your support for the public radio ecosystem by giving to a local public
0:38.1	radio station of your choice.
0:40.2	Any around the country, just go to donate.npr.org slash Sam.
0:46.6	I'm hoping that saxophone music puts in the giving mood.
0:51.7	Also confession, that's saxophone, that's me.
0:55.5	I'm playing my saxophone for you guys right now.
0:58.7	I wanted to pull out all the stops as we neared the end of the year.
1:03.1	I know it's a little pitchy.
1:04.5	I always run a little bit flat, but hope you enjoyed it.
1:07.1	Hope you give donate.npr.org slash Sam.
1:11.6	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
1:20.0	I'm Sam Sanders.
1:21.0	It's Tuesday, which means it's time to forget another one of our deep dives.
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