Belle & Sebastian: 'This album is about letting go'

The words 'dancefloor' and 'Belle & Sebastian' might not gel together, well until now - as new album Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance marries their poetic and whimsical idiosyncrasies with a newfound sense of infectious toe-tapping abandon. It seems like letting go is the order of the day for the Scottish indie heroes. 

Watch our video interview with Belle & Sebastian above

"I love to dance, I love to party," Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson tells Gigwise. "I don't know if anybody could call this a disco record but it's certainly a record with a pulse...Stuart was coming in with songs, Sarah too, and there was a certain pulse to the writing."

When asked what the themes of the record were, Stevie replied: "Breaking out, release, dancing, there's a few cats on there, and letting go. A lot of it is just about letting go - musically, spiritually and psychologically, maybe even physically."

Check out our interview with Stevie Jackson and Sarah Martin discussing Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance, their evolution, and how their next album will 'inevitably be prog'.

Watch our video interview with Belle & Sebastian above

Interview filmed at The Fox, near Shoreditch. 

Belle & Sebastian release new album, Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance on 19 January. Meanwhile, their upcoming UK tour dates are below. For tickets and more information, visit here. 

Sun May 03 2015 - CARDIFF St David's Hall
Mon May 04 2015 - BRISTOL Colston Hall
Tue May 05 2015 - PORTSMOUTH Guildhall
Thu May 07 2015 - CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
Fri May 08 2015 - NORWICH Open
Sun May 10 2015 - BIRMINGHAM Symphony Hall
Mon May 11 2015 - LONDON Methodist Central Hall
Tue May 12 2015 - LONDON Westminster Central Hall
Thu May 14 2015 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Friday May 15 – MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Sat May 16 2015 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE City Hall
Mon May 18 2015 - BUXTON Opera House
Tue May 19 2015 - LEEDS Town Hall
Fri May 22 2015 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro
Sun May 24 2015 - LIVERPOOL Docklands