You can hear the Catherine-fronted orchestral bubblegum of lead single “Come Monday Night” at MySpace, or download below, and hear Stuart talk up the project with this video primer: God Help The Girl – “Come Monday Night” (MP3), Tracklist and vocalist designation:

Clipping – Visions Of Bodies Being Burned, Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch Presents. God Help the Girl had a long road to the screen. By that time, hopefully, the worst of it will be over, and we’ll all be in the mood for a bit of a party.. Instead, producer Barry Mendel is left to fill in the blanks from Murdoch’s absence. CF Watkins has pulled off the unique trick of creating an album that is imbued with the warmth of the American South as well as the urban sophistication of New York.

Joe Wong, the composer behind Netflix's Russian Doll and Master of None, articulates personal grief and grappling with artistic fulfillment into a sweeping debut album. Though it may be stylish and stylized, that’s not to say it’s aloof or ultra-serious; there’s a lot of playfulness here, and Murdoch takes every opportunity to slip in a visual joke without commenting on it, like casually standing one of his characters in front of a store mannequin dressed exactly like him. 11 “Music Room Window” – instrumental -- James, God Help the Girl. We are moving to WordPress and a new host, but we really need your help to save the site. I’m not sure if this stuff interests you, but I thought I’d give you an update of where we are with the God Help The Girl project. It started as a musical project for Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch, who wanted to write for women’s voices.
Instead, she created a personal record with a full range of moods, still full of her typical wit.

Still, the project followed the Jesus Christ Superstar model of releasing a soundtrack first; Murdoch famously posted fliers around town advertising “girl singer needed for autumnal recording project.” The result was 2009’s album God Help the Girl.

In the absence of in-depth feature materials, the movie is mostly meant to speak for itself. It’s not stricly B&S related, but one thing’s for sure, if I can get this picture made, I can get back to writing for Belle and Sebastian, so surely a good thing. 01 “Act of the Apostle” – Catherine Ireton © 1999-2020 PopMatters.com. Belle and Sebastian does include both female singers and string players, but still Murdoch went out into the world, hunting beyond Glasgow's borders for the perfect collaborators. God Help The Girl is out in North American on 6/23 via Matador, the previous day in Europe via Rough Trade.

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We’ve had people coming into help us already, investing in the project, so we’ve had a nice start, but the plan was always to appeal to ‘ordinary’ people too, and that’s what we’re doing with Kickstarter. Most of the time, he's alone with his guitar and a haunting mellotron.

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It was produced by Barry Mendel and stars Emily Browning, Olly Alexander and Hannah Murray.. Stuart aspired to tell the story of “a better summer, or at least a summer when something happened.

God Help The Girl is raising funds for God Help The Girl - Musical Film on Kickstarter! I said to Barry, the producer of God Help The Girl, that I needed to make the film next summer.

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Aussie indie rockers, Floodlights' debut From a View is a very cleanly, crisply-produced and mixed collection of shambolic, do-it-yourself indie guitar music. The result gives the impression of a series of linked music videos starring Browning; the songs sometimes advance the plot, and other times are performed in the guise of the music the three friends are making. Tags: Belle And Sebastian , Catherine Ireton , God Help The Girl , … This all mostly happens through Murdoch’s songs, though prior knowledge of the Belle and Sebastian discography isn’t necessary.