Belle & Sebastian release their next album (and long-awaited it is), Write About Love on October 11. We're quite looking forward to it. There have been various snippets of information but now they band are fully delving into the process behind it all with a series of "televisual transmissions" - as they put it - and webisodes - as I am putting it. The first came out a few days ago and is available to watch below (via TwentyFourBit).

It has music - they perform 'I Want The World To Stop' - some chat and various other bits, all filmed in Glasgow over the past few weeks. Watch it below. N.B the video has been playing up a bit recently, but you can also watch it on the band's official website.

The band will be touring the UK and Ireland in December. Dates (not including the Bowlie 2 Weekender) below:

December:
1 - Belfast, Ulster Hall
3 - Dublin, Grand Canal Theatre
5 - Gateshead, Sage
6 - Birmingham, Symphony Hall
7 - Manchester, Apollo
9 - Bournemouth, O2 Academy
14 - Leicester, De Montfort Hall
16 - Bristol, Colston Hall
20 - Glasgow, Barrowlands
21 - Glasgow, Barrowlands
22 - Glasgow, Barrowlands

We've also just found out (via NME.com) that they'll be giving away a song tomorrow ('Write About Love') on the aforementioned official website.