Belle and Sebastian's next album is going to be called "The Goalkeeper's Revenge"

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After the only book they could get 11 year old boys to read back in '75, no doubt (the actual revenge was saving 3 penalties at the town fair).

Producer is Beck/Air/Fischerspooner producer dude Tony Hoffer.

From Pitchfork:

The Goalkeeper’s Revenge: complicated soccer maneuver, tawdry murder-mystery… or the name of Belle and Sebastian’s forthcoming album? Surprisingly, it’s the latter. It seems the Scottish popsters have abandoned their penchant for awkward, confusing album titles in favor of the straightforward for their new full-length, due in January 2006. RollingStone.com reports that Stuart Murdoch, Stevie Jackson, Sarah Martin, Bobby Kildea, Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke and Chris Geddes have been chillin’ in L.A.’s Sunset Sound studios with producer Tony Hoffer for the past few months, cooking up a disc that “takes inspiration from soul, pop and a little-known electronic four-piece from Manchester, England.”

...tracks feature titles like “Song for Sunshine,” “Sukie in the Graveyard,” “Another Sunny Day,” “Act of the Apostle Part I” and “Funny Little Frog.” Guess nobody’s going to stop calling them twee any time soon.

Another Sunny Day?

― everything, Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

this'll be great

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

I know.

― everything, Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

I hope there will be a "funny little frog" ringtone

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

a little-known electronic four-piece from Manchester, England

I was wondering why LTM was rereleasing Northside.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

I used to love The Goalkeeper's Revenge as a kid.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0435121111.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 25 August 2005 18:48 (twenty years ago)

Trevor Horn nowhere to be found.

― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

The B&S bio sez that although the band and Mr. Horn liked working together, he also worked at a very reduced rate for them, and so they doubted that they would work together in the future.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:32 (twenty years ago)

Ah, that makes good sense. It certainly was an interesting match-up.

― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

Bill Naughton = the guy that wrote "Alfie"?

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 August 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

They don't mention any of the dozen or so songs that B&S have done for radio sessions over the last few years, many of which are excellent - "Shoot the Sexual Athlete," "Meat and Potatoes," etc. I wonder if they'll end up on e.p.s down the road, or otherwise recorded? Or do you think they got them out of their systems on the radio sessions/live circuit?

― Legroom at the Vista (Bent Over at the Arclight), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

The B&S bio sez that although the band and Mr. Horn liked working together, he also worked at a very reduced rate for them, and so they doubted that they would work together in the future.

That's true; his kids liked them, so he cut the price as I understand it.

― KeefW (kmw), Thursday, 25 August 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

This title restores my faith in everything.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 26 August 2005 08:00 (twenty years ago)

It's like all their other titles

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Friday, 26 August 2005 09:37 (twenty years ago)

No doubt the Sinister list will come up with some sort of irritating corruption. TGR - tigerpaws?

― Mippy (Mippy), Friday, 26 August 2005 09:39 (twenty years ago)

B&S are going to ruin my life, next year.

Oh well.

― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 26 August 2005 10:28 (twenty years ago)

It is only like the name of the band.

Why, Ally C?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 26 August 2005 10:33 (twenty years ago)

They will steal our drummer to go on tour.

I hate them.

― Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 26 August 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

So January 2006 now has/had new Strokes, Radiohead and now B&S albums slated? Wasn't there one more big name act that had a "Jan 2006" scheduled release?

― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 27 August 2005 04:15 (twenty years ago)

This really makes me want to name an album "The Kid From Tomkinsville" or "Young Razzle" or maybe "The Kid Who Only Hit Homers"

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 27 August 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago)

They will steal our drummer to go on tour.

In which case you should go on tour with them, and your drummer could play a half for each team, like Aiden McGeady did at Jackie McNamara's testimonial. Or you could arrange a loan deal for Colburn.

I cannot read the name "Sukie in the Graveyard" without singing those words to the tune of "Dylan in the Movies". I fear these songs are going to be shit.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 27 August 2005 08:28 (twenty years ago)

Ally, they have a drummer... Why do they want yours? For a monkey butler?

― KeefW (kmw), Saturday, 27 August 2005 09:29 (twenty years ago)

Possibly inspired by this I had a very strange dream last night in which it was the norm for babies to be professional goalies. Because they were babies they were forgiven for the sort of howlers that would normally end a career.

Towards the end of the dream Ricky Gervais did a stand-up routine - "babies in goal - what is all that about, eh?" - and his audience lapped it up like they'd never before considered the absurdity. "So, let me get this straight - you've got big, strapping David James at one end of the park and someone one-tenth the size who can't even sit up unaided between the sticks at the other end..." (Gales of laughter)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 27 August 2005 11:34 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

stuart murdoch is rubbish in goal

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Tracklisting for 'The Life Pursuit', released in the UK/Europe on Feb 6th by Rough Trade Records:

Act Of The Apostle Part 1
Another Sunny Day
White Collar Boy
The Blues Are Still Blue
Dress Up In You
Sukie In The Graveyard
We Are The Sleepyheads
Song For Sunshine
Funny Little Frog
To Be Myself Completely
Act Of The Apostle Part 2
For The Price Of A Cup Of A Tea
Mornington Crescent

'Funny Little Frog' is the single, so expect it in shops and on iTunes three weeks before the album on January 16.

Even better is the news that it'll be released on Spunk in Australia. Titter ye not: http://www.belleandsebastian.com/newsstory.php?id=260

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 18 November 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)

I've heard quite a few of the songs live, and most of them were pretty boring. Although I'm one of those dicks who hasn't thought a great deal of anything post If You're Feeling Sinister.

― Merdeyeux Merdeyeux Merdeyeux (Merdeyeux Merdeyeux Merdeyeux), Friday, 18 November 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

Haha!

Stuart Murdoch is still stewing about Ken C's goal.

― Hairy Asshurt (Toaster), Friday, 18 November 2005 01:27 (twenty years ago)

I got a good feeling about this.

― andy dale (andy dale), Friday, 18 November 2005 06:21 (twenty years ago)

We Are The Sleepyheads

This must be the album's "rocker".

― Cunga (Cunga), Friday, 18 November 2005 06:44 (twenty years ago)

Mornington Crescent

It's taken them ten years to call a song this?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 18 November 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

Another Sunny Day

haha! sue them for plagiarism harvey!

― zappi (joni), Friday, 18 November 2005 10:54 (twenty years ago)

What happened to "The Goalkeeper's Revenge"? A much better album title.

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Friday, 18 November 2005 10:59 (twenty years ago)

Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) is correct, it was a much better title. Perhaps they were threatened with legal action again. The Life Pursuit sounds a bit Alannis Morrisette.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 18 November 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

it's a comment on capitalism:

"the life purse oot"

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 18 November 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

I like the sound of Where's the Graveyard, Sukie?

(I reckon I'm only the 17th person worldwide to make that joke, including each member of the band and their friend).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 18 November 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

Sigh. Another album whose original title is about ten billion times cooler than the eventual one.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 18 November 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Someday they'll say that "The Goalkeeper's Revenge" was Belle & Sebastian's own "Don't Be a Faggot."

― Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 18 November 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

This bit was included in the last newsletter they sent out:

"Cryptic last bit: There will actually be another B&S album (of sorts) released before "The Life Pursuit". In three weeks in fact. But we can't say what it is for a couple of days."

Any idea what that's about (I'm hoping it's a collection of Peel sessions maybe?)?

― Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 18 November 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

It could be the collection of childrens' songs that B&S were curating/involved in; the one which Momus' contributions were considered too outré for.

― acb (acb), Friday, 18 November 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

It's taken them ten years to call a song this?

I have a song called taht on the album I'm doing right now! fuck it, better think of something else.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 18 November 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

album is sinister live.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 18 November 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

ie:

The "surprise" album, alluded to in our previous mail, is "If You're Feeling Sinister: Live At The Barbican". This download-only album, which pisses all over any bit torrents you may have heard, will be available exclusively from iTunes on December 6th. As a further incentive to follow the path of righteousness, all proceeds will be donated to the DEC's Asia Quake Appeal.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 18 November 2005 21:39 (twenty years ago)

Hmm, I never got the follow-up newsletter. Fuck, though, I assume it'll only be on iTunes UK?

― Mugged Outside the Jabberjaw, 1993 (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 18 November 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

no idea.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 18 November 2005 22:17 (twenty years ago)

I have a song called that on the album I'm doing right now! fuck it, better think of something else.

I did one in 2003.

― acb (acb), Saturday, 19 November 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

I am holding a copy of The Life Pursuit in my hand - which is making it quite hard to type...

ARGH!

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 10:49 (twenty years ago)

initial reaction: GLAM ROCK!

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 11:13 (twenty years ago)

more reactions: Spencer Davis, Pizzicato Five, Orange Juice, "Listen To The Flower People", "Jonathan David", Scott Engel, Denim...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 11:30 (twenty years ago)

I'm actually *anticipating* this now.

First play of new single on Radcliffe R2 tonight.

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 11:55 (twenty years ago)

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The only B&S album i can listen to all the way through is "boy with the arab strap" or whatever that one's called. don't get me wrong, i really like some of their other stuff. but their albums always seem bloated to me. especially this new one.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 27 January 2006 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

And for me it is the first one that seems like a cohesive album since Sinister, and I wouldn't change anything about it.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 27 January 2006 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

yeh, it's got a good "vibe" to it, whereas the last bunch have been good but more a collection of songs.

― Louis Giomblechett and his kerayzy friends (dog latin), Friday, 27 January 2006 01:16 (nineteen years ago)

I saw them tonight, they were utterly fantastic, they just get better and better live. The highlight was 'Your Cover's Blown', off the Books EP, but all the new stuff they played ('Another Sunny Day', 'Funny Little Frog', 'Dress Up In You', 'To Be Myself Completely' and 'White Collar Boy') was fantastic too.

'TBWTAS' never really did anything for me.

― beaux knee (boney), Friday, 27 January 2006 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

I really really really hope that they start playing "The Blues Are Still Blue" and "Song For Sunshine" by the time they get to the two NYC shows. I'd like to see them do "Meat and Potatoes" too.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 27 January 2006 02:36 (nineteen years ago)

What was wrong with the crowd, Merryweather? Just out of interest, like. I'm not going to leap to their defence or act all indignant.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 27 January 2006 08:39 (nineteen years ago)

To be honest I get to listen to so much music these days that I really jump around a lot in my listening from one album to another and some don't get heard more than once but much like DCW I have listened to this *lots* and it's brilliant. Especially loving the Isley Brothers solo on Sleepyheads right now though Song For Sunshine is all kinds of aceness too.

Most surprising for me is the lack of filler, it starts off so well I would have expected a sag at some point from half way on but if anything it just gets better. Definitely buying on day of release.

― mms (mms), Friday, 27 January 2006 09:05 (nineteen years ago)

The crowd was odd in Glasgow too, PJ. They got a bunch of kids from the front up on the stage for "There's Too Much Love" and not one of them looked like they had the faintest idea who they were on stage with or what they were clapping along to (apart from the one who kept trying to flirt with Belfast Bob). They all looked like they were auditioning for some shitty reality TV show. Also the biggest cheer of the night was for "I'm A Cuckoo". Me and Madchen stood muttering about how it's not like it was when we were young, old gits, grumble grumble. But at least Keef and Mistopher Chris were there - some things were still the same.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

Do you think Scottish people are just kinda jaded with the band now? I can't imagine people in NYC being so blase about them given that them playing here is still a pretty novel thing.

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

At my Glasgow show, the kids were all really into it - dancin' and groovin'. They invited someone up from the crowd to "help with the lyrics if i get stuck" but instead he just sang the whole thing, showboatin' even. The crowd definitely didn't have the near-insane level of effervescent "omigod!" that permeated the gig I saw in Montreal, a few years ago, yeah possibly because they see members of the band around town (and they did play a gig a few months ago, for instance)... but people definitely didn't look "jaded".

the throng right in front of the stage was all really young, which was weird. definitely younger than me. 17-20ish.

the biggest cheer for us was probably also "cuckoo", but probably because it was by far the best performance of the set.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 27 January 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

If they don't play "The Blues Are Still Blue" in NYC on March 3rd, I may actually have to hurt myself. Although maybe Isobel will play a breathy, jazzed-up cover of it at Southpaw a few days later??

― Rick Spence (spencerman), Friday, 27 January 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Seeing the band around town is not the same as seeing them play a gig. The big cheer for "I'm a Cuckoo" on the Tuesday was nothing to do with the quality of performance as it was at the start. Intro --> cheers. Like it was the song they'd been waiting to hear all along. I just thought it was odd - it's not a great song, but it's the big radio hit.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 28 January 2006 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

aw, it is a good song though - the end with all the trumpets makes me think of breakfast TV. I agree it's not their very best though. I had no idea I'm A Cuckoo was that popular thoguh.

― Louis Giomblechett and his kerayzy friends (dog latin), Saturday, 28 January 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

Prior to "Funny Little Frog", "I'm A Cuckoo" was B&S' biggest hit, for what it's worth.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 28 January 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

fans in cheering louder for pop group's biggest hit shockah

― marc h. (marc h.), Saturday, 28 January 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

loudest, even

― marc h. (marc h.), Saturday, 28 January 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, but Belle and Sebastian's shows tended not to be full of people there to hear "the hit". They seem to have found a whole new, and different, fanbase. Less reverent. Shit, I sound like I should be back on s*n*st*r again. Sorry.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 28 January 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

Was anyone at Newcastle on Sat? After the setlist! Thought it was great! Even if we were a "sh!t crowd"!

― georgie porgie, Monday, 30 January 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

The crowd at Somerset House was mature*, which I put down to the hundreds of media types who were there on freebies.

*except Ken C and his giant pint.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 30 January 2006 21:39 (nineteen years ago)

they need to write more songs like 'if she wants me', more songs that sound like edwin moses cause edwin moses is too slow to release another record.

― keyth (keyth), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

have listened to this a couple of times and still can't match up favourite tracks to song titles. which probably means something.

have also just listened to Sinister at the Barbican and it's slightly annoying that after nearly 10 years people still forget about the false ending to Mayfly. grrr.

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, shit! The support act for the B&S show at the Hammersmith Apollo tomorrow night is Go-Kart Mozart!

― real rod hull, Thursday, 2 February 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

do you mean next friday, the 10th?

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

I'm A Cuckoo is one of their best songs.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 3 February 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

So it's out - 'course I bought it! And it comes with a free live DVD and a really nice booklet. So even if you download all the music you hear this year, make sure you buy this one!

― Vintage Latin (dog latin), Monday, 6 February 2006 15:07 (nineteen years ago)

They sounded very good on Radcliffe's show last Monday.

Their track didn't sound very good on Ken's show this morning.

― the bellefox, Monday, 6 February 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

Go-Kart Mozart!

/Me dies.

Better fucking get in now.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 6 February 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

: O

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 6 February 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

i just saw the BBC Scotland live special show and it was great to see them play these songs so well! only mornington crescent was a little disappointing/boring, the rest of the tracks were magnificent.

― joan vich (joan vich), Monday, 6 February 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

my excitement re go jkart mozart has already evaporated, to the extent thast i think i would prefer to go home and have an early night.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 6 February 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

anybody see k.sanneh's valentine?

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 6 February 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

I dislike the packaging of this limited edition edition.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 08:14 (nineteen years ago)

Would anybody be willing to post the funny little frog B-sides? I haven't found a place in America where I can get them w/out having to place a special order :(
Any help is appreciated and thanks! :)

― dividingcanaan, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 09:23 (nineteen years ago)

The album is at #2 in the midweeks!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 12:31 (nineteen years ago)

It's not midweek yet. Is it?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 12:32 (nineteen years ago)

Well, in the "what was done sold on Monday" weeks, then.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 12:37 (nineteen years ago)

How high has Funny Little Frog gotten in the end?

― Vintage Latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

#13.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

> anybody see k.sanneh's valentine?

it's subscription only. care to paste the text?

― koogs (koogs), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

What's on the live DVD?

― D. Bachyrycz, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

I see my question is answered on another thread. Sorry!

― D. Bachyrycz, Tuesday, 7 February 2006 16:44 (nineteen years ago)

I saw them tonight and they played 6 songs off The Life Pursuit - Another Sunny Day, The Blues are Still Blue, Dress Up In You, Sukie In The Graveyard, Funny Little Frog and To Be Myself Completely. Disappointingly, we only got 2 each off Sinister and Waitress and nothing from Arab Strap. These are the only 4 albums I own, meaning I didn't know the majority of what they played, but I can't blame them for me not having heard everything. It was a good gig anyway, and Stuart was charm itself.

― Cracks (Crackity), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 00:13 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Great EP:
"Blues Are Still Blue"
"Sukie In The Graveyard" (this is basically Me & The Major pt. 2)
"We Are The Sleepyheads" (the beginning of this is a rip-off of a fIREHOSE song that I can't place)
"For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea"

The rest is wearing a little thin for me already.

"Song For Sunshine" reminds me so much of The Tyde, it's no wonder that Darren Rademaker (and Ann "R."? Where's Doomie!) is thanked in the liners, he should have got a proper songwriting credit for that song. When I was visiting hstencil @ the M@t@d0r offices, N!ck pointed out that "caucasian-funk" bass playing in the 2nd verse which he's right, it's a cringe!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 24 February 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

can't remember if "we are the sleepyheads" is the one that's the led zep ripoff?

it was so nice to see you in new york, mr. steve shasta, legendary wakeboarder.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 24 February 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

What Zep song? "Song For Sunshine" has some elements of "Carouselambra" in the proggy bridge.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 24 February 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

that bassline always makes me think of the moon safari track they used to use on a l'oreal commercial

led zep rip?!!

― marc h. (marc h.), Friday, 24 February 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

one of 'em sounds like "the song remains the same," except maybe in a minor key, and not nearly as good? something like that?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 24 February 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

That's "We Are The Sleepy Heads" but I perhaps it's maj7 instead of minor. I hear that whole intro as edfROMOHIO & Watt.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 24 February 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

that makes sense, too - tho no watt-like bass? structurally it reminds me of "song," esp. the beginning ie. arpeggiated one-chord guitar intro with those drum hits at the end of the bar?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 24 February 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

THE LIFE PURSUIT IS HET BESTE ALBUM VAN 2006

― Redd Harvest (Ken L), Monday, 27 February 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

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