Browning and Alexander both have pleasant voices suited to the throwback nature of the songs; Browning especially sounds like she’d be equally at home fronting a twee-leaning indie outfit or a '60s girl group. Your email address will not be published. In return, there are ‘rewards’ and ‘prizes’ up for grab.

The latter sometimes stops the momentum of the movie for what feels like a musical cul-de-sac until it becomes clear that plot isn’t the most essential element of the God Help the Girl experience.

Musical feature film about a long lazy summer in Glasgow, Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian) directs, Barry Mendel (Rushmore) produces.

-- James, God Help the Girl.

God Help The Girl is out in North American on 6/23 via Matador, the previous day in Europe via Rough Trade. We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. Discografía. God Help The Girl is out in North American on 6/23 via Matador, the previous day in Europe via Rough Trade. Taken together, most of God Help the Girl concerns itself with the creation of art: whether or not talent is innate, where it might come from -- and it’s not too squeamish about religion to suggest that God is the source -- and how it should be shared with the world, if at all. So he responded admirably, and with the rest of the production team, they swung into acton on a funding drive. It’s not stricly B&S related, but one thing’s for sure, if I can get this picture made, I can get back to writing for Belle and Sebastian, so surely a good thing. In North America, God Help The Girl is in theaters and on demand 9/5, and the soundtrack is out 9/2 on Milan.

05 “Hiding Neath My Umbrella” – Catherine, Stuart

And it does indeed seem that the possibility of making it is getting closer. Sofia Coppola's domestic malaise comedy On the Rocks doesn't drown in its sorrows -- it simply pours another round, to which we raise our glass. Murdoch’s Scottish Idol search bore fruit, helping him discover and record Brittany Stallings (Olympia, Washington) and Dina Bankole (Jackson, Michigan), and yielding a winning audition from Limerick-native Catherine Ireton, who takes most of the lead vocals on the forthcoming God Help The Girl LP.

It’s not stricly B&S related, but one thing’s for sure, if I can get this picture made, I can get back to writing for Belle and Sebastian, so surely a good thing. Patrick Cowley's Some Funkettes sports instrumental renditions from between 1975-1977 of songs previously made popular by Donna Summer, Herbie Hancock, the Temptations, and others. 07 “If You Could Speak” – Catherine, Anna Miles Most of the time, he's alone with his guitar and a haunting mellotron. Instead, it’s more about feeling: the exuberance of a dance-hall rousing number like “I’ll Have to Dance with Cassie” or lonely yearning of “Pretty Even in the Tub”. Tags: Belle And Sebastian , Emily Browning , God Help The Girl … In the absence of in-depth feature materials, the movie is mostly meant to speak for itself. The voices were re-cast, and filming began in earnest, with the film finally released in 2014. I’m not sure if this stuff interests you, but I thought I’d give you an update of where we are with the God Help The Girl project.

We will publish a few essays daily while we develop the new site. 14 “A Down and Dusky Blonde” – Dina Bankole, Catherine, Celia Garcia, Brittany, Asya. Hi guys. Those lucky enough to be warped by these 15 classic horror films, now available on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection and Kino Lorber, never got over them. Restless tenor saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi runs his four-piece combo through some thrilling jazz excursions on a fascinating new album, A Time and a Place.

The project’s official site describes the sound as redolent of early B&S recordings while drawing on “musicals, sixties’ girl groups, eighties’ indie and, most of all, classic pop records.” And Stu’s psyched about Catherine: “In [her], Stuart has found a rare talent – her clear, lilting vocals bringing to life the characters in Stuart’s imagination and making for an ambitious and engrossing musical journey.” To be fair, he’s been psyched about her before; she previously contributed vocals to Belle & Sebastian’s “The White Collar Boy.” Something got him going this time. Given the turmoil of the era, you might expect Lydia Loveless to lean into the anger, amplifying the electric guitar side of her cowpunk. There is a brief feature about the making of the movie that touches on some of the major bullet points, but it feels like all of Murdoch’s material was cobbled together from preexisting interviews.

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Though it may be stylish and stylized, that’s not to say it’s aloof or ultra-serious; there’s a lot of playfulness here, and Murdoch takes every opportunity to slip in a visual joke without commenting on it, like casually standing one of his characters in front of a store mannequin dressed exactly like him.

With the lack of a Blu-ray release in the U.S., the DVD itself feels like it only exists to fulfill some kind of Kickstarter obligation. On Sundowner, Kevin Morby sings of valleys, broken stars, pale nights, and the midwestern American sun. Aussie indie rockers, Floodlights' debut From a View is a very cleanly, crisply-produced and mixed collection of shambolic, do-it-yourself indie guitar music.

But while the songs come often, to call the movie a thin wrap-around narrative for music videos is to be too dismissive; Murdoch is equally concerned with the look of the picture; there is a handmade quality to the filmmaking.

Last year, Stuart made an open call for female singers (submissions required self-portraits, of course) to work on a new album and movie based on a story he wrote about a “better summer” featuring two girls and a guy. Instead, producer Barry Mendel is left to fill in the blanks from Murdoch’s absence. The DVD also has a couple of brief deleted scenes and a music video -- most enjoyable all -- but doesn’t have a commentary track.

God Help The Girl is raising funds for God Help The Girl - Musical Film on Kickstarter! The record features nine different singers (including Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy and Asya from Smoosh), B&S members, and a 45-piece orchestra conducted by Withnail & I composer Rick Wentworth.