For more than two decades, the career of Belle & Sebastian has flourished. Keyboardist Chris Geddes has been with the band since its inception in 1996, and he has seen a lot of changes with the band’s structure and the world over the past 23 years.

The band, which recently returned to its roots in Glasgow, is gearing up for an extremely busy summer. The band recently announced plans to release the soundtrack to “Days of the Bagnold Summer,” a film adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel, as well as go on a tour of North America. It also willbe performing “If You’re Feeling Sinister,” its second record, in full at this year’s Pitchfork Festival in Chicago.

“Days of the Bagnold Summer” will be released on Sept. 13, featuring 11 new songs from the band, as well as re-recorded versions of “Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying,” and “I Know Where the Summer Goes.” The first single, “Sister Buddha,” was released on Monday.

The last time the band worked on a film project was with 2010’s “God Help the Girl,” which featured music from Stuart Murdoch’s side project, also called God Help The Girl. One of the main differences between that project and “Days of the Bagnold Summer” is that instead of pulling music from the side project, Murdoch wrote new music specifically for the film. Geddes notes that everyone was involved less than they would be if it were a “band thing” with “God Help The Girl. “

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