Up A Tree (25th Anniversary Edition)

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1.	The Treehouse 01:31	buy track
2.	Impossible Things #2 05:22	buy track
3.	Burning Flies 03:56	buy track
4.	Festival '95 04:54	buy track
5.	Ballad of Ray Suzuki 04:43	buy track
6.	Dave The Moon Man 05:12	buy track
7.	Quiet And Small 03:06	buy track
8.	Columbo's Car 04:54	buy track
9.	Up A Tree Again 03:16	buy track
10.	Back to the Treehouse 02:05	buy track
11.	Back to the Treehouse (Ambient Mix) 03:41	buy track
12.	Ray's Golden Fist (Bananahand Remix) 04:58	buy track
13.	Burning Flies (Acoustic) 03:04	buy track
14.	Columbo's Car (Peugeot 403 Mix) 03:06	buy track
15.	Blurred Stars 02:33	buy track
16.	Up A Tree Again (The Chocolate Layers St. John's Ambulance Mix) 06:00	buy track
17.	Quiet and Small (Acoustic) 02:51	buy track
18.	Dave the Moon Man (Scott Twynholm Remix) 07:48	buy track
19.	Impossible Things 03:55	buy track
20.	Up A Tree Again (Acoustic) 03:40	buy track

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Mute celebrates the 25th Anniversary Edition of Looper’s debut 1999 album, Up A Tree, featuring never-before-released songs.

LOOPER [Stuart and Karn David], originally recorded for the Sub Pop label in 1999, this anniversary edition include remixes, reworks, new sleeve notes and alternative artwork, and is out on transparent green vinyl (accompanied by a Flexi Disc), double CD, and digitally

Up A Tree was completed while Stuart was still working with Belle & Sebastian (the band he co-founded in 1995) and brought Looper instant acclaim (including an 8.1 review in Pitchfork, who credited the album with originating a new genre they dubbed Folk-Hop). It reached #21 on the UK Independent Album chart, and #79 on the Scottish Albums Chart, and brought in fans such as Ben Folds who recently called Up A Tree “… a gift of a record”.

The anniversary edition also features alternative artwork designed by Karn and includes new sleeve notes by Sub Pop’s Jenny Hayo, who recounts working with Looper on their first records and first US tour, alongside words from Stuart’s sister Karla Black, who takes us back to Glasgow School of Art in 1998, reminiscing about the first Looper show.

The vinyl edition of Up A Tree comes with a Flexi Disc of ‘Brilliant Paper’, an unreleased track by Looper and Sue Tompkins (Life Without Buildings) and the double CD includes a remix by Pulp (credited as The Chocolate layers).

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released March 8, 2024

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Looper Scotland, UK

Looper have been almost making you smile since 1998. Formed by Stuart David (co-founder and bass player of Belle & Sebastian) and his wife Karn, previous band members include Scott Twynholm and Ronnie Black.
To date they have released 4 studio albums, a series of singles and MP3EPs, an album of acoustic versions and a 5 disc boxset. ... more

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