A Bit of Previous is the tenth studio album by Belle and Sebastian andtheir first full-length in seven years. This may be surprising to anyonefollowing the recent life pursuits of the Glasgow 7-piece: The Boaty Weekender– a 3000 capacity star-studded four-day music festival on a cruise linersailing the Mediterranean; a trilogy of EP’s; a soundtrack for the directorialdebut of The Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird; a live album showcasing the band’spresent-day iteration as savvy main stage entertainers; and in 2020 acollaborative project with fans called ‘Protecting The Hive’. But in all theseidiosyncratic endeavours, as intrinsic to the band’s DNA as the stage invasionat the end of each of their shows, a full-length has eluded us.