Belle and Sebastian share new song “What Happened to You, Son?”
The North American tour starts next week
April 16, 2024
Photo by Anna Isola Crolla
Scotland's Belle and Sebastian have shared a new song, “What Happened to You, Son?”, originally intended for their final album, 2023. Late developers. It was released via Matador ahead of the band's North American tour, which kicks off next week. Listen to the song below and the tour dates follow.
Frontman Stuart Murdoch said of the song in a press release:
“'What Happened to You, Son' came off the last LP rather by accident because the LP felt like one track was too long. Got out.
“The song is about my youth and the funny hole I fell into in my late teens. I failed my university course, I failed almost everything I tried then. I was obsessed with the music of the era, I used to get so attached to the lyrics and the messages and the feelings of certain 80s era bands – it probably wasn't healthy.
“So although the theme of this song is a bit accusatory, the fault lies with the viewer. I could have blacked out at any moment. Instead, I let the singers become my pedals and deities.
“The song tries to address what happens when pop stars grow up, change, and go down a different path and seem to betray the attitude they held when you loved them the most.
“But I hope the song ends. There is always a way forward, always a light to guide you if you look carefully, if you give up part of yourself, if you let yourself flow and change.”
Belle and Sebastian release new album, Late developers, in January 2023 via Matador. It was the quick follow-up/companion album to 2022 A bit of the previous one album.
In June 2023, the band teamed up with Suki Waterhouse to release a new song, “Every Day's a Lesson in Humility”, for the Sub Pop Singles Club.
Drift A bit of the previous one here and read our review here.
A bit of the previous one it was the band's first full-length album in seven years. But in that time they had released an EP (plus an album collecting all the EPs), a soundtrack and a live album. Their last regular album before this was in 2015 Peacetime girls want to dance. In late 2017 and early 2018 Belle and Sebastian released three interconnected EPs through Matador, all titled How to solve your human problems. All three EPs were then compiled into a vinyl set and CD compilation released in 2018. In 2019 they released the indie film soundtrack Days of the Bagnold Summer. In 2020 they released the live album, What to look for in summer.
Read our interview with Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian How to solve your human problems.
Read our review of How to solve your human problems.
Read our interview with Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian Days of the Bagnold Summer.
Belle and Sebastian tour Dates:
April 23 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern #
April 24 – Richmond, VA @ The National #
April 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer %
April 27 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater %
April 28 – Montreal, QC @ M Telus %
April 29 – Toronto, ON @ Historical %
May 1 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount %
May 2 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem %
May 3 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theater %
May 4 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed %
May 6 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell's Eccentric Cafe #
May 7 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom #
May 8 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue #
May 10 – Denver, CO @ The Fillmore Auditorium %
May 11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
May 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether %
May 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether %
May 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Theater at Ace Hotel #
May 16 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater %
May 18 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall %
May 19 – Seattle, WA @ Moore Theater %
May 25 – Madrid, ES @ Tomavistas festival
May 27 – Merignac, FR @ Le Krakatoa
May 28 – Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel
June 7 – Berlin, DE @ Admiralspalast
June 8 – Hamburg, DE @ ELBJAZZ 2024
June 9 – Cologne, DE @ Gloria-Theater
June 11 – Feyzin, FR @ L'Epicerie Moderne Feyzin
June 12 – Nimes, FR @ Paloma – Grande Salle
June 13 – Donostia, ES @ Kursaal
June 29 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
June 30 – Amsterdam, NL @ Amsterdam Bostheater
July 2 – Stockholm, SE @ Cirkus
August 2nd – Glasgow, UK @ The Glasgow Weekender
August 3rd – Glasgow, UK @ The Glasgow Weekender
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