Belle and Sebastian announced for Liverpool Sound City 2015

Further to the unveiling of their ninth studio album, Belle and Sebastian are the first announcement to be made for Liverpool Sound City 2015, which takes place between 22-24 May at its new waterfront location of Bramley Moore Dock. The Glasgow indie icons play on the festival's closing day; tickets are on sale here now via Ticketweb.  

Their forthcoming LP – Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance – was produced and mixed by Animal Collective collaborator Ben H. Allen III in Atlanta. It's due for release on CD, digital, double vinyl, and limited edition 4-disc vinyl box set on 20 Jan, via Matador, described by early reports as a blending of 'electro-glide, baroque balladry, and giant-sized Europop hooks.' Classic B&S, then.

Stuart Murdoch and co are also set for their largest indoor show on home soil at Glasgow’s Hydro arena with the Scottish Festival Orchestra on 22 May.

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