Belle & Sebastian announce new album 'A Bit Of Previous'

After briefly returning in 2020 to deliver their live release 'What To Look For In Summer', Belle & Sebastian have now announced their plans for a new studio album, arriving in the coming months.

The new full-length 'A Bit Of Previous' marks their first LP since 2015's 'Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance', is being previewed by the new lead single 'Unnecessary Drama', and is set to be released on the 6th May via Matador Records.

Speaking about the new offering, frontman Stuart Murdoch said, “The song is about a young person experimenting in being a human again after a forced hiatus. The person is weighing up whether or not it’s worth the mess! Still, you dip your toe in and it becomes delicious, and you get too much of it. Between trouble and nothing, we still choose the trouble”.

Check out the new video for 'Unnecessary Drama', directed by Kasparas Vidunas and Eric J. Liddle, in the player and see the album's full tracklisting below.

'A Bit Of Previous' Tracklist:
1. Young And Stupid
2. If They're Shooting At You
3. Talk To Me Talk To Me
4. Reclaim The Night
5. Do It For Your Country
6. Prophets On Hold
7. Unnecessary Drama
8. Come On Home
9. A World Without You
10. Deathbed Of My Dreams
11. Sea Of Sorrow
12. Working Boy In New York City

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