Listening In: God Help The Girl

Stuart Murdoch (of Scotland's finest and maker of the SB's eternal soundtrack, Belle & Sebastian) is a living legend when it comes to pop songwriting. As if he couldn't do any better, he now has this gorgeous project with some of his bandmates and some pretty girls with very, very pretty voices.

Clockwise from top: Alex Klobouk, Celia Garcia and Catherine Ireton

It's called God Help The Girl and it's not technically a band. It's more of a story set to music, eventually including a film to go with the already released soundtrack. After realizing he wanted female voices to carry some of his tunes, he set out to find the right women for the job (i.e. literally put an ad in the paper). He found Catherine Ireton, a musician from Limerick, who sings lead on most of the album. She's my current music crush (and she even has an accent!). In the track below, Alex Klobouk (of Berlin) and Celia Garcia (of Glasgow, I think) back her up. There are some Americans on the album too. I am excited to see what comes of this, especially if the tour is Minneapolis-encomapssing.