Belle and Sebastian - Late Developers

 

Recorded in the same sessions as A Bit of Previous, Late Developers doesn't feel like a collection of lesser-than songs that weren't good enough to go on the "real" record. Rather, it's an embrace of the freedom that comes with a jumbo-sized canvas, skilled students left unsupervised to paint whatever picture they feel like.

Late Developers takes you on a journey as the band floats through genres with ease — from the frantic Billy Bragg-with-hella-flute-energy of the opening track and what I think might be Stevie Jackson's best song, into a legit all-out radio-ready dance party in the third quarter of the record which includes a Belle & Sebastian first, a co-write with young pop composer Pete Ferguson. They then unearth a 1994-era pre-Belle and Sebastian tune, with the help of Camera Obscura's Tracyanne Campbell right before they bring you home at the end with a true bop.

Side A

Juliet Naked

Give a Little Time

When We Were Very Young

Will I Tell You a Secret

So in the Moment

The Evening Star

Side B

When You’re Not With Me

I Don’t Know What You See in Me

Do You Follow

When the Cynics Stare Back From the Wall

Late Developers

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