Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant is the fourth album from the Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 group Belle & Sebastian

Belle & Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965...

. The album was released to generally favourable reviews.

The band introduced many stylistic changes on this album, such as an organic strings section and more songs with lead vocals by other members of the band; Sarah Martin

Sarah Martin (musician)

Sarah Martin is the violin player and one of the primary vocalists in the Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian. Besides violin, Martin plays recorder, stylophone, melodica, guitar and flute...

 sings on "Waiting for the Moon to Rise", Isobel Campbell

Isobel Campbell

Isobel Campbell is a Scottish singer, cellist and composer in the indie and rock genres.-History:Campbell was a member of Belle & Sebastian from their formation in Glasgow in 1996 until 2002, when she departed the band for personal reasons. She played cello and keyboards with the band, and sang...

 sings on "Family Tree", and performs duets with Stevie Jackson

Stevie Jackson

Stevie Jackson is a Scottish musician and songwriter. He plays lead guitar and sings in the Glasgow based indie band Belle & Sebastian. Jackson's guitar playing is distinctively retrogressive and melodic, with a heavy use of reverb and minimal effects...

 (who sings in an unusually low voice) on "Beyond the Sunrise" and Stuart Murdoch

Stuart Murdoch (musician)

Stuart Lee Murdoch is a Scottish musician, and the lead singer and songwriter for the indie pop band Belle & Sebastian. The majority of his childhood was spent a stone's throw from the birthplace of Robert Burns in Alloway, Ayr until he left school and attended university in...

 on "Women's Realm". Jackson also sings lead vocal on "The Wrong Girl".

The twin sisters pictured on the cover are Gyða and Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir is an Icelandic vocalist and classically trained multi-instrumentalist. She is best known as a former frontperson of múm, and later on for collaborating with former husband David Portner as Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan....

 both former members of the Iceland

Iceland

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ic experimental group múm

Múm

múm are an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.- History :...

.

The album's title comes from a piece of graffiti on a public toilet wall Stuart Murdoch had seen years ago and remembered.

Track listing

1. "I Fought in a War
   I Fought in a War
   "I Fought in a War" is the first song from the album Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, by Scottish band Belle & Sebastian. The song starts with a Stuart Murdoch solo on acoustic guitar and vocals, with the rest of the band joining in as the song continues. The slowness of the song...
   
   " – 4:09
2. "The Model" – 3:58
3. "Beyond the Sunrise" – 4:06
4. "Waiting for the Moon to Rise" – 3:11
5. "Don't Leave the Light On Baby" – 4:27
6. "The Wrong Girl" – 3:41
7. "The Chalet Lines" – 2:23
8. "Nice Day for a Sulk" – 2:31
9. "Women's Realm" – 4:35
10. "Family Tree" – 4:04
11. "There's Too Much Love" – 3:27