Released 1 September 2004 Producer Seb Rochford | Length 64:00 Release date 2003 Label Rub Recordings | |
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Polar bear heavy paws on the purple floor dim lit
Dim Lit is the debut album by British jazz band Polar Bear, formed and led by drummer Sebastian Rochford.
Contents
- Polar bear heavy paws on the purple floor dim lit
- Polar bear not here not near da dim lit
- Background
- Reception
- Track listing
- Polar Bear
- Additional musicians
- Songs
- References
Polar bear not here not near da dim lit
Background
Polar Bear were awarded Best Band at the BBC Jazz Awards 2004, giving Dim Lit a platform for small scale success. It was eventually surpassed by their following album Held On The Tips Of Fingers (2005), which was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize.
The album was initially released on Babel Label and re-issued by The Leaf Label in 2014.
Reception
The Guardian write that this album "captures (Polar Bear's) unique virtues" and that it "goes straight on to the albums-of-2004 longlist". The BBC call Dim Lit "a finely crafted album" in their review of the follow-up album.
Track listing
All tracks written by Seb Rochford
Polar Bear
Additional musicians
Songs
1Heavy Paws on the Purple Floor6:27
2Not Here - Not Near6:51
3Eve's Apple8:02