A limited edition, expanded version of KT Tunstall's adventurous third studio album Tiger Suit is pressed to vinyl for the very first time, to celebrate National Album Day.
Tiger Suit (Untamed Edition) will be released on 29th October and can be pre-ordered from here.
This 2LP coloured vinyl includes the original custom portrait artwork, unheard demos of songs from the album including “Come On, Get In”, recordings from KT's early Hansa studio sessions and features bonus tracks such as the previously unreleased title track “Tiger Suit” - which is available to download/stream now.
KT says “This extended vinyl release has some amazing extra stuff on it. I hope people love it as much as I loved making it, I can’t wait to finally hold this one in my hands!"
Originally released in 2010, by which point KT had built a global fanbase following the success of her first two albums - Eye to the Telescope and Drastic Fantastic - Tiger Suit was a development in her songwriting and sound that she described at the time as "nature techno", which mixed organic instrumentation with electronic and dance textures. Tiger Suit strengthened KT’s reputation as one of the UK’s leading songwriters and solo artists with widespread praise for the transition in her sound.
Once again the record performed well in the UK charts, breaking into the Top Five, as per her previous two records and the album received positive reviews from the critics with Uncut Magazine saying “She's full of ideas on this sonically, adventurous effort”, The Guardian: "...inventive follow-up to 2007's Drastic Fantastic, which merges her raspy folk with free-spirited campfire rhythms… [her] fierce, claws-out fun", MusicOHM: “Tunstall proves that in the guise of her Tiger Suit she can achieve anything she puts her mind to" and Rolling Stone Magazine said “.. leavens sleek pop songs with her warm-whiskey rasp”.
KT recalls fond memories of the recording process "I absolutely loved making this album…it was such an adventure into new territory, and I think really marked the beginning of my true love affair with working in the studio. I had always struggled with that environment a bit up until my third album, but this was just pure joy; legendary Hansa studios in Berlin in the grip of winter, I lived in a super cool concrete apartment for 3 weeks and just took a bunch of brilliant musician friends along for the ride and had an absolute blast.”
Tiger Suit (Untamed Edition) is released on 29th October and can be pre-ordered from here.
Track List:
LP1:
Side A:
Uummannaq Song
Glamour Puss
Push That Knot Away
Difficulty
Fade Like a Shadow
Lost
Side B:
Golden Frames
Come On, Get In
(Still A) Weirdo
Madame Trudeaux
The Entertainer
It Doesn't Have To Be Like This (Baby)
LP2:
Side C:
Lost (Hansa Session)
Come On, Get In (Hansa Session)
(Still A) Weirdo (Hansa Session)
Madame Trudeaux (Hansa Session)
Scarlet Tulip (Hansa Session)
Side D:
Glamour Puss (Demo)
Difficulty (Demo)
The Entertainer (Demo)
Come On, Get In (Demo)
Tiger Suit (Bonus Track)