We are thrilled that Glaswegian pop-maestros Belle & Sebastian will play their only California show at the Santa Barbara Bowl on July 17th (one of only ten U.S. shows on their world tour).  Best Coast will open.  We have waited 17 long years to see the band live so the 17th of July is a particularly apropos date for our first gander of the band live.  Sure to be one of the concert highlights of the year.  Get ye there.

On August 27th, the band will release The Third Eye Centre on Matador – a collection of B-sides, rarities, and non-LP tracks from the last decade. To get a feel, you can listen below to the new, pop-kaleidoscopic track Your Cover’s Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Remix) from the new album.  The Third Eye Centre compilation is the next installment in the band’s rarities collections since the much-loved and lauded album Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (2005).  The album’s track list precedes the new song and the band’s tour dates follow at bottom.  The band plays the Montreal Jazz Festival tonight.

Track listing:

I’m A Cuckoo (Avalanches Remix)
Suicide Girl
Love On The March
Last Trip
Your Secrets
Your Cover’s Blown (Miaoux Miaoux Remix)
I Took A Long Hard Look
Heaven In The Afternoon
Long Black Scarf
The Eighth Station Of The Cross Kebab House
I Didn’t See It Coming (Richard X Mix)
(I Believe In) Travellin’ Light
Stop, Look And Listen
Passion Fruit
Desperation Made A Fool Of Me
Blue Eyes Of A Millionaire
Mr Richard
Meat And Potatoes
The Life Pursuit

Tour:

JULY
4– Quebec City Festival – Quebec
5– Montreal Jazz Festival – Montreal
6– Ottawa Bluesfest – Ottawa, Canada
7– Toronto Urban Folk Festival – Toronto
9 – Bank Of America Pavillion – Boston
10– Skyline Stage @ The Mann – Philadelphia
11– Prospect Park – NYC
12– Merriweather Post Pavillion – Wash DC
13– Stage AE – Pittsburgh
14– Bunbury Music Festival – Cincinatti
16– ACL @ The Moody Theatre – Austin
17– Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara
18– Twilight Series– Salt Lake City
20– Pitchfork Festival – Chicago
26– Open Air Festival – San Sebastian, Spain
27th July – Low Cost Festival, Spain

AUGUST
15– Sonorama – Spain
17– Parades de Coura – Portugal
23– Rock en Seine – Paris, France
30– Openair Festival – Zurich, Switzerland
SEP 1– End Of The Road Festival – Dorset
SEP 6– Bestival – Isle Of Wight