limited "petrol blue" bio-vinyl 2lp (with 10 bonus tracks) with new artwork to celebrate its 30th birthday, their 3rd album has been expanded with an extra disc featuring 10 bonus tracks comprised of live session recordings, rare mixes and more, all curated by tim burgess.released in 1994, 'up to our hips' was a new direction for the band. it leaned slightly away from the lighter pop songs of their previous two albums and is darker, heavier and organ led. at the time, they were listening to a lot of small faces, beatles, and dylan and watching david lynch films all while navigating internal band stress, and many of the lyrics on the album reflect the stress of the band at the time. the tracks that have been added to the release include two live tracks recorded for the steve lamacq and jo whiley show, plus b-sides, alternate mixes and more.
limited "petrol blue" bio-vinyl 2lp (with 10 bonus tracks) with new artwork to celebrate its 30th birthday, their 3rd album has been expanded with an extra disc featuring 10 bonus tracks comprised of live session recordings, rare mixes and more, all curated by tim burgess.released in 1994, 'up to our hips' was a new direction for the band. it leaned slightly away from the lighter pop songs of their previous two albums and is darker, heavier and organ led. at the time, they were listening to a lot of small faces, beatles, and dylan and watching david lynch films all while navigating internal band stress, and many of the lyrics on the album reflect the stress of the band at the time. the tracks that have been added to the release include two live tracks recorded for the steve lamacq and jo whiley show, plus b-sides, alternate mixes and more.
limited "petrol blue" bio-vinyl 2lp (with 10 bonus tracks) with new artwork to celebrate its 30th birthday, their 3rd album has been expanded with an extra disc featuring 10 bonus tracks comprised of live session recordings, rare mixes and more, all curated by tim burgess.released in 1994, 'up to our hips' was a new direction for the band. it leaned slightly away from the lighter pop songs of their previous two albums and is darker, heavier and organ led. at the time, they were listening to a lot of small faces, beatles, and dylan and watching david lynch films all while navigating internal band stress, and many of the lyrics on the album reflect the stress of the band at the time. the tracks that have been added to the release include two live tracks recorded for the steve lamacq and jo whiley show, plus b-sides, alternate mixes and more.
