Belle And Sebastian Plan New Album, Summer Tour

Scotland legends Belle and Sebastian have confirmed that they’re currently at work on a brand new album, set for release later this year via Matador. It has a provisional release date of October 2014.

The Stuart Murdoch-led group wrote the follow-up to 2010’s ‘Write About Love’ with producer Ben H. Allen. That’s a post-recording picture taken by Allen, above, after the album’s completion. It was put together over a course of 8 weeks in an Atlanta studio.

2014 festival dates kick off this June, spanning until October. See the full schedule below.

They’ve also announced a series of tour dates—check out their schedule below.

JUNE
19 Vienna, Austria - Arena Wien Open Air
20 Neuhausen, Germany - Southside Festival
21 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
22 Hilvarenbeek, Holland - Best Kept Secret Festival
25 Copenhagen, Denmark - DR Concert Hall
26 Norkopping, Sweden - Bravalla Festival

JULY
26 Costa Brava, Spain - Festival Porta Ferada
28 Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Plaza de la Quintana

AUGUST
03 Katowice, Poland - Off Festival
08 Cesena, Italy - Rocca Mallatestiana
10 Palermo, Italy - Ypsigrock Festival

OCTOBER
03 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
31 Paris, France - Pitchfork Music Festival Paris