The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian’s Born To Act (Jan’15) bustles with energy. From the drop it cranks up a classic jangly indie tune but then it throws in organs, violins and jeez just for kicks there’s saxophones in the bridge. Driven along with rapid handclaps, snappy lyrics and a chippy rhythm it doesn’t take long before you’ve got a bad case of turkey neck.

 

 

 

A song about the mystique of romantic opportunities, real or false, you can be sure Belle and Sebastian have lost none of their magic creating this pearler. Even better this is a Belle and Sebastian song you can dance to. Some have said Born To Act is richly produced. It is. Where they put the kitchen sink? Nonetheless Born To Act just adds to Belle and Sebastian's legend as one of the greatest indie bands ever. No need to fucking say it really, but I will, Born To Act is one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“I was there for the ride and the old soul

But we couldn’t go further, no we couldn’t go”

 

 

Born To Act is the third single from the Scottish indie pop band's ninth album Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance (Jan’15). Belle and Sebastian have been doing it their way in Glascow since 1996.

Shit you need to know:

Some of the songs on Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance were influenced by New Order, The Happy Mondays and Led Zeppelin.

The new album was produced by Ben H Allen who has done grind for a diverse number of critters but Cee Lo Green, Gym Class Heroes, MIA, Animal Collective and Bombay Bicycle Club stand out on his resume.

About Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance Amoeba said that it, “manages to help them evolve without losing what made them special”.

Belle and Sebastian have been compared to The Smiths. Other bands mentioned in the same breath are fellow Glaswegians Al Stewart, Teenage Fanclub and the Orange Juice.

Entertainment Weekly described Belle and Sebastian as a “cult phenomenon” and as having had a pivotal role in the Twee Movement.

The crackerjack Belle and Sebastian tunes without which life would be meaningless are Party Line, Stars of Track and Field,I’m A Cuckoo and If She Wants Me.

 

 

 

 

The dodgy double dip comes courtesy of the Scottish indie rock band The Fratellis just because they are from Glasgow too. This is the pub rocker A Heady Tale (2008).

“Pour yourself a drink or three
And maybe we'll think clearer for a while”