Up a Tree [25th Anniversary Reissue]

by Looper

Overview

Although Looper is a Belle and Sebastian side project, fans of the Scottish group's lush, wispy pop confections looking for similar sounds here will be sorely disappointed -- on his own, Stuart David rejects the ornate strings and horns of B&S in favor of electronic textures and trip-hop beats, and while there's a definite pop dimension to Up a Tree, it's secondary at best. The album is cut from the same cloth as David's "Spaceboy Dream" from B&S' The Boy with the Arab Strap, the lone bit of filler on an otherwise extraordinary record; his fascination with electronica reaches a much greater potential here, but there's still no shaking the feeling that Up a Tree was released thanks solely to its pedigree, and without regard to its actual merit. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2024
Label:	Mute
UPC:	5400863154776

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Treehouse
2. Impossible Things #2
3. Burning Flies
4. Festival '95
5. Ballad of Ray Suzuki
6. Dave the Moon Man
7. Quiet and Small
8. Columbo's Car
9. Up a Tree Again
10. Back to the Treehouse

Disc 2

11. Back to the Treehouse [Ambient Mix]
12. Ray's Golden Fist [Bananahand Remix]
13. Burning Flies [Acoustic]
14. Columbo's Car [Peugeot 403 Mix]
15. Blurred Stars
16. Up a Tree Again [The Chocolate Layers St. John's Ambulance Mix]
17. Quiet and Small [Acoustic]
18. Dave the Moon Man [Scott Twynholm Remix]
19. Impossible Things
20. Up a Tree Again [Acoustic]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Looper   Primary Artist
Stuart David   Vocals
Kit   Vocals

Technical Credits

Kirsty Brown   Composer
S. Brown   Composer
K. Brown   Composer
Stuart David   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Photography
Looper   Composer
Ronnie Black   Composer
Luke Barwell   Composer
Scott Twynholm   Remix Engineer,Composer
R. Mark Black   Composer
Sally Brown   Composer
Alan Brown   Photography