BELLE & SEBASTIAN

After a minor panic involving an international number was resolved with some hastily purchased Skype credits, Chicago INNERVIEW managed to get through to Belle & Sebastian singer/violinist Sarah Martin at her hotel in Bangkok, where the band is currently touring. In the past week they’ve played to crowds in Singapore and Taiwan, and a few days after our interview they’ll be in Tokyo. “It’s Chinese New Year here,” she says brightly, a Scottish lilt playing across each syllable. “I think we’re at a pretty cool part of the world.”