Stuart David

Stuart David is a Scottish musician, songwriter and novelist, famed for originating two distinct musical genres: Folk Hop and Horror Pop (later termed Noir'n'B or Switchblade Pop). He co-founded the band Belle and Sebastian and was a member from 1996–2000, and then went on to front Looper (1998–present). He has published five novels – Nalda Said (IMP, 1999), The Peacock Manifesto (IMP, 2001), Peacock's Tale (Barcelona Review, 2011), Jackdaw & the Randoms (Hotkey, 2015) and Peacock's Alibi (Polygon, 2018) – and one volume of memoir, In The All-Night Cafe (Little, Brown, 2015), chronicling the formation of Belle and Sebastian.