Belle & Sebastian announce "It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career" reissue series
15 August 2014, 09:34
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
Belle And Sebastian are set for a career-spanning reissue series.
Entitled It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career (taking its name from the Boy With The Arab Strap song), all their major releases will be pressed on vinyl come 6/7 October.
These include: 1996’s Tigermilk, 1996’s If You’re Feeling Sinister, 1998’s The Boy With The Arab Strap, 2000’s Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant, 2003’s Dear Catastrophe Waitress, 2005’s Push Barman To Open Old Wounds, 2006’s The Life Pursuit, 2008’s BBC Sessions, 2010’s Write About Love and 2013’s The Third Eye Centre.
Meanwhile, the Scottish band are working on their ninth studio LP.

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