A week of God Help The Girl on The Guardian

Stuart Murdoch of God Help The Girl, and Belle & Sebastien of course, took over the UK's Guardian newspaper last week with a week of blog entries and video diaries, giving insight to the project and how it all came together.

Part 1
There's no glamour in being in a pop band
"After churning out records for 13 years with Belle and Sebastian, I decided that I wanted to create a fabulous girl-group sound with my current project God Help the Girl" read more

Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch takes us behind the scenes of his God Help the Girl project


Part 2
How I found the ultimate girl group
"All along, the perfect girl group was singing right in front of me waving a polka-dot hanky in my face" read more

Belle and Sebastian's frontman introduces us to the girls who sing in his new musical project


Part 3:
The Belle and Sebastian frontman puts on his dressing gown and talks about the songwriting process behind his God Help the Girl project


Part 4
The joys of marketing a concept album
"I wasn't much looking forward to the process of promoting the God Help the Girl album. But turning my concept band into something more 'real' – if only briefly – was actually pretty fun." read more

Alas, it's the final video diary from Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch


God Help The Girl is out now through Rough Trade/ Remote Control.

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