Funny Little Frog video 29 / 06 / 09
Here’s the video for the second single, ‘Funny Little Frog,’ compiled and directed by Marisa Privitera in Glasgow, with some additional filming by Dave Crampton in Olympia. Hope you like it!
Stuart on Radcliffe and Maconie 29 / 06 / 09
Stuart is on the radio tomorrow, talking about ‘God Help The Girl’ and playing a couple of songs from the album on Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie’s Radio Two Show. If you are in the UK, the show is on between 8pm and 10pm, if you want to catch up with it later, you will find links from here
Album out now 24 / 06 / 09
The album is now in the shops worldwide and available digitally via iTunes and other digital retailers.
Vinyl lovers have the option of the tasty gatefold edition, while there are two CD editions in circulation – a standard jewel case and the hardback edition, which is available primarily in the UK and to subscribers. You can also stream the album from Spotify and Spinner
The album has also won further critical plaudits from a range of publications including Pitchfork (“a spirited expansion of some of Murdoch’s best ideas”), Popmatters (“a set of perfect pop songs. It’s almost too lovely, but lovely’s great sometimes too”), The Onion (“literate, wry, autumnal, a little bit twee and whole lot melancholy”)...
The Guardian - final episode 24 / 06 / 09
All good things have to come to an end, and this week is the last of Stuart’s four blogs for the Guardian, discussing the marketing of the album. Marisa’s accompanying clip focuses on Catherine . . .Both can be found here
Merchandise 23 / 06 / 09
We have some very nice, limited edition ladies’ t-shirts (here) and some tote bags (here) – both using Graham Samuels’ fabulous illustrations which adorn the booklet and gatefold vinyl available for sale from the Belle and Sebastian shop.
Introduction
Welcome to the God Help The Girl website.
It is early days yet, but over the next few months, the site will evolve into a hub for everything connected with the record and the people involved in the process. Read, watch and listen as the story of ‘God Help The Girl’ unfolds over the coming years.
In the meantime, you can listen to the music, watch the videos documenting the process and for the singles and read more about the singers involved by clicking on the links or through the sections above. Stuart’s diary can be found here and questions can be posed here.
Subscription
This subscription package will gently unwind over the months allowing you to soak up the living, breathing world of God Help The Girl. A musical project with a beautifully and diligently crafted narrative that deserves to be listened to over time, for each place, character and voice to be properly digested before moving on to the next.
As well as delivering 7" singles, 10" EPs and your choice of CD or LP albums straight to your door we will regularly fill your inbox with video footage made to document the creative process by Marisa Privitera, music videos and album streams to keep you entertained no matter how far from your record players you stray this summer.