Stuart Murdoch's story set to music

Belle and Sebastian are the true heirs to the sharp, sunshiny sound of Glasgow's Postcard records, writes Liam McIllvanney, and the new project by the band's songwriter is a triumphI was 12 or 13 when a boyfriend of my sister started coming to our house. He was an apprentice fitter at the Royal Naval armaments depot at Beith in Ayrshire, and if that wasn't glamorous enough, he also played in a band. His band never amounted to much, but the records he brought round were brilliant. I would disappe...

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