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The New Life Pursuit: Belle & Sebastian announce ‘It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career’ vinyl series

There a whole lot of Belle & Sebastian vinyl coming this fall.

Matador Records announced yesterday it will be re-issuing all 10 albums from the heralded Scottish indie-pop band, starting with 1996’s Tigermilk and ending with last year’s The Third Eye Centre. The vinyl series is titled It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career, taken from a song title on 1998’s The Boy With The Arab Strap, and will be available for sale both individually or as a massive box set come October 6 in the UK via Jeepster, and October 7 via Matador.

Here’s the catalog in full:

Belle & Sebastian It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career:
Tigermilk (Matador/Jeepster)
If You’re Feeling Sinister (Matador/Jeepster)
The Boy With The Arab Strap (Matador/Jeepster)
Fold Your Hands Child, You walk Like A Peasant (Matador/Jeepster)
Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (Matador/Jeepster)
Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Matador/Rough Trade)
The Life Pursuit (Matador/Rough Trade)
The BBC Sessions (Matador/Jeepster)
Write About Love (Matador/Rough Trade)
The Third Eye Centre (Matador/Rough Trade)

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More from the Matador blog: “Each album is repackaged in resealable mylar bags, each with a customized obi strip and download card. There’s new cover art for Dear Catastrophe Waitress, and Push Barman To Open Old Wounds, The Life Pursuit and Dear Catastrophe Waitress will be back in print on vinyl for the first time in ages.”

To ensure things are looking forward as well as through the past, the band also teased out a 25-second clip from the studio, where they are finishing up their next full-length record. Watch it below.

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Belle & Sebastian also have a select number of live appearances coming up through Halloween.

Tour Dates:

Sunday, September, 28 – Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami FL
Monday, September, 29 – House Of Blues, Orlando FL
Wednesday, October 1, – Tabernacle, Atlanta GA
Friday, October 3 – Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin TX
Monday, October 6 – The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles CA (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, October 7 – The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles CA (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday, October 8 – Civic Space Park, Phoenix AZ
Friday, October, 10 – Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin TX
Sunday, October, 12 – Corona Capital Music Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
Friday, October, 31 – Pitchfork Music Festival Paris, Paris France

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