God Help the Girl

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Essentially Belle & Sebastian leader Stuart Murdoch, the rest of B&S, and a phalanx of female muse-singers (but mostly obscure Irish vocalist Catherine Ireton), God Help the Girl is one of the odder "side projects" (if it can even be described as such). Formed in 2008 to create music for Murdoch's similarly titled film-in-progress, {#God Help the Girl} takes the basic obtuse storytelling and twee-plus B&S sound and tweaks it into the past, injecting elements of '60s girl groups, Left Banke-esque Baroque pop, lilting chanson, and just a touch of {$Randy New...[more]

 

 

VINYL FORMAT. IMPORT. 'Come Monday Night' is the first single from the self titled album by God Help the Girl. The single is backed by the non album track 'Howard Jones is My Mozart.'

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Belle and Sebastian's Rupert Murdoch presents his new project God Help The Girl. Featuring singers from the Divine Comedy and Asya of Smoosh and a full orchestra.

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God Help The Girl' is a story set to music, which Stuart Murdoch has been working on intermittently for the last five years, its origin in some songs that were written while Belle and Sebastian were touring ?Dear Catastrophe Waitress' in 2004. Stuart explains:'I was out for a run and I got this tune in my head and it occurred to me that it wasn't a Belle & Sebastian song. I could hear female voices and strings, I could hear the whole thing, but I just couldn't envisage myself singing it with the gro   [ read more ]

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Following the success of the most recent Belle and Sebastian album, The Life Pursuit, band leader/singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch decided to pursue his dream of writing a rock musical scored for female singers. After auditioning vocalists via Internet contests, he made his choices and, with all members of Belle and Sebastian backing him up, recorded this breathtaking record. It combines the strength and feel of early Belle and Sebastian records within a broader musical palette, drawing equally on mu   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Following the success of the most recent Belle and Sebastian album, The Life Pursuit, band leader/singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch decided to pursue his dream of writing a rock musical scored for female singers. After auditioning vocalists via Internet contests, he made his choices and, with all members of Belle and Sebastian backing him up, recorded this breathtaking record. It combines the strength and feel of early Belle and Sebastian records within a broader musical palette, drawing   [ read more ]

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Following the success of the most recent Belle and Sebastian album, The Life Pursuit, band leader/singer/songwriter Stuart Murdoch decided to pursue his dream of writing a rock musical scored for female singers. After auditioning vocalists via Internet contests, he made his choices and, with all members of Belle and Sebastian backing him up, recorded this breathtaking record. It combines the strength and feel of early Belle and Sebastian records within a broader musical palette, drawing equally on mu   [ read more ]

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'Essentially Belle & Sebastian leader Stuart Murdoch, the rest of B&S, and a phalanx of female muse-singers (but mostly obscure Irish vocalist Catherine Ireton), God Help the Girl is one of the odder 'side projects' (if it can even be described as such). Formed in 2008 to create music for Murdoch's similarly titled film-in-progress, God Help the Girl takes the basic obtuse storytelling and twee-plus B&S sound and tweaks it into the past, injecting elements of '60s girl groups, Left Banke-esque Baroque pop,   [ read more ]

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