With his big screen directorial debut out now, Stuart Murdoch is back in Belle & Sebastian mode and the group have just announced their new album, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, which will be out January 20 via Matador. The album, their first studio LP since 2010's Write About Love, was produced by Ben H. Allen III (Animal Collective, Bombay Bicycle Club), with longtime studio pal Tony Doogan on mixing duties. You can watch a promo video of the band making the album in Atlanta (Atlanta?) below.

Belle & Sebastian will be playing a few shows in North America this fall around their appearance at the 2014 ACL Festival in Austin, staying entirely below the Mason-Dixon line. They have also announced a NYC show for next spring, playing Radio City Music Hall on June 10. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (10/3) at 11 AM.

All dates, plus the album trailer, below...



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Belle & Sebastian - 2014 Tour Dates

09-29 Orlando, FL - House of Blues

10-01 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle

10-03 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival

10-06-07 Los Angeles, CA - The Theatre at the Ace Hotel

10-08 Phoenix, AZ - Civic Space Park

10-10 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival

10-12 Mexico City, Mexico - Corona Capital Music Festival

10-28 Manchester, England - Cathedral

10-29 Bexhill-on-Sea, England - De La Warr Pavilion

10-31 Paris, France - Pitchfork Music Festival Paris

02-16 Tapei, Taiwan - Hostess Club Tapei

05-22 Glasgow, Scotland - Hydro Arena (with the Scottish Festival Orchestra)

06-10 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall

07-02-04 Keflavik, Iceland - ATP Iceland