| Days of the Bagnold Summer | |
| Type: | studio |
| Longtype: | / soundtrack |
| Artist: | Belle and Sebastian |
| Border: | yes |
| Length: | 42:45 |
| Label: | Matador |
| Prev Title: | How to Solve Our Human Problems |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
| Next Title: | What to Look for in Summer |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
Days of the Bagnold Summer is the tenth studio album by Scottish band Belle and Sebastian. Released on 13 September 2019 through Matador Records, it serves as a soundtrack for the 2020 film of the same name directed by Simon Bird.[1]
The first single from the album, "Sister Buddha" was released on 1 July 2019.[2] The second single "This Letter" was released on 5 September 2019.[3]
The album contains 11 new songs (including “Safety Valve” written by Stuart Murdoch before Belle and Sebastian formed). The two other songs are rerecordings of :
Days of the Bagnold Summer was met with generally favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 68, based on 9 reviews.