Stuart Murdoch

1 week ago | nymag.com | Stuart Murdoch |Sam Daly

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Stuart Murdoch, Joe McKendry If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what everyday stuff famous people add to their carts — like hair spray or an electric toothbrush. We asked Stuart Murdoch — front man of Belle and Sebastian, whose debut novel, Nobody’s Empire, came out earlier this year — about the duct tape, hot-water bottle, and kick scooter he can’t live without.

Jan 29, 2025 | kansascity.com | Stuart Murdoch

I cried the first time I listened to the Belle and Sebastian song "Nobody's Empire." From the 2015 album "Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance," it is a perfect blend of raw emotion and deeply personal storytelling, twinkling with the Scottish band's trademark indie pop charm. That's the high expectation I had for frontman Stuart Murdoch's novel of the same name - to be moved to tears. It took many pages to appreciate the rhythm of the book, but I found the wet face I was looking for.

Jan 19, 2025 | tinnitist.com | Stuart Murdoch |Henry Alford |Alan Byrne

Well, this is novel. Literally. For the first time in forever, this roundup includes a work of fiction — Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch’s Nobody’s Empire. Then again, since it’s the story of a young Scottish man named Stuart who becomes a songwriter, calling it totally fictional might be a stretch. Either way, it’s on my to-do list — as is the new Joni Mitchell bio I Dream Of Joni, if only because I love a pun.

Jan 13, 2025 | startribune.com | Brooks Johnson |Stuart Murdoch

Fiction: The Belle and Sebastian frontman has a hit with his debut. January 13, 2025 at 2:00PMStuart Murdoch (Stuart Murdoch/HarperVia)I cried the first time I listened to the Belle and Sebastian song “Nobody’s Empire.” From the 2015 album “Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance,” it is a perfect blend of raw emotion and deeply personal storytelling, twinkling with the Scottish band’s trademark indie pop charm.

Nov 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Stuart Murdoch

Nobody’s Empire is the first novel by Stuart Murdoch, the front man of the successful indie pop band Belle and Sebastian. Set in Glasgow and LA in the early 1990s, it is ostensibly the written testimony of Stephen, a youngish man living with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, an awful disease that is under-researched and routinely misunderstood.