God Help the Girl is a musical project authored by Stuart Murdoch, leader of the Scottish indie pop group Belle & Sebastian, featuring a group of female vocalists, including Catherine Ireton, with Belle & Sebastian as the accompanying band. So far, the records released as part of the project include the singles
Come Monday Night,
Funny Little Frog (2009) and
Baby, You're Blind (2010), the main album of the project, also entitled
God Help the Girl, and the EP
Stills (both published in 2009). In 2012, Stuart Murdoch plans to start shooting a musical film, which will feature the songs published in the singles and albums.
The songs of the project
God Help the Girl belong to the genre of indie pop and resemble the other output of Belle & Sebastian in tone - two songs (
Funny Little Frog and
Act of the Apostle) were taken directly from the earlier repertory of this group. However, contrary to the earlier work of Belle & Sebastian (a group dominated by male performers), female vocalists (who are not members of the group) play the main role in the project. The songs themselves also tell about the problems of young girls entering adult life.
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