Belle and Sebastian's upcoming studio album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is not set for release until Jan. 20, but today the band has shared the album's cover and tracklist, which you can check out below.
The cover is typical Belle and Sebastian, with a duotone photograph of some young, fashionably dressed people, though it seems to have a slightly more political tone than we're used to seeing from the band.
You can check out the album cover and tracklist for Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance here, via Pitchfork:
1. Nobody's Empire
2. Allie
3. The Party Line
4. The Power of Three
5. The Cat with the Cream
6. Enter Sylvia Plath
7. The Everlasting Muse
8. Perfect Couples
9. Ever Had a Little Faith?
10. Play for Today
11. The Book of You
12. Today (This Army's for Peace)
The album was recorded in Atlanta and produced by Ben H. Allen, who has previously worked with Cee-Lo, M.I.A., Animal Collective, Deerhunter and Matt & Kim. It will be released as a CD, double LP and special edition quadruple LP boxset.
You can check out the trailer for Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance here:
Belle and Sebastian has also expanded their current tour. You can check out their upcoming dates below:
10/28/14: Manchester, U.K. @ Manchester Cathedral
10/29: Bexhill-On-Sea, U.K. @ De La Warr Pavilion
10/31: Paris, France @ Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
1/26/15: Auckland, New Zealand @ Laneway Festival
1/28: Brisbane, Australia @ The Tivoli
1/29: Sydney, Australia @ Enmore Theatre
2/1: Melbourne, Australia @ Palais Theatre
2/3: Perth, Australia @ Astor Theatre
2/12: Seoul, South Korea @ AX Club
2/16: Taipei, Taiwan @ Hostess Club Taipei at Legacy
2/21: Tokyo, Japan @ Studio Coast (Hostess Club Weekender)
5/22: Glasgow, U.K. @ Hydro Arena (with the Scottish Festival orchestra)
6/10: New York, New York @ Radio City Music Hall
7/2-4: Keflavik, Iceland @ ATP Iceland
In addition to this new album, Belle and Sebastian has recently released a career-spanning vinyl boxset titled It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career, which compiled vinyl reissues of all the band's studio albums, as well as two compilations and a live album.
