Tigermilk
Tigermilk is the 1996 début album from Scottish pop group Belle and Sebastian. Originally given a limited release (1,000 copies) by Electric Honey, the album was subsequently re-released in 1999 by Jeepster Records. The cover photograph was taken by Stuart Murdoch, and features Joanne Kenney – the same model who appeared on the cover of the Dog on Wheels EP.
The album is named after an instrumental that didn't end up on the album – it was later performed on Belle and Sebastian's early tours. All of the songs on the album were written by Stuart Murdoch between 1993 and 1996, and originally performed solo on the Glasgow open mike circuit. Though he performs on the album, trumpet player Mick Cooke was not then an official member of the band.
Pitchfork Media included "The State I Am In" at number 17 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s. The album track "I Don't Love Anyone" was featured in the film The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and in the closing credits of the fifth episode of the HBO series Girls, "Hard Being Easy". The tracks "Expectations" and "My Wandering Days Are Over" were included on the soundtrack of the film Juno. The song "We Rule the School" was feature in an episode of How I Met Your Mother.
Tigermilk (musical project)
Tigermilk is the solo project of Chilean singer-songwriter Paulina "Kuky" Tala. It was born in 2006 with the debut EP "The Departure". As an independent project based in Santiago, Tigermilk have been released several other songs as downloadable content in its pages on Myspace and Bandcamp. Kuky cite as her influences Suzanne Vega, Kings of Convenience, Múm, The Cardigans, Cocteau Twins, The Cranberries, Zero 7 and Lemon Jelly.
As for 2011, the album entitled "Turi" was under production, with the track "Talátur" being released the same year. The album had collaboration of a number of international artists. Paul Arnusch (The Faunt, The Whitsundays) recorded the backingvocals for "Talátur", while Nathan Larsons from the Swedish-American band "A Camp" produced it in his New York studio. The final touches for the song were made in L.A. by producer Tom Biller (Warpaint, Karen O, Beck, etc.).
As for 2012, the project was on hiatus.
Discography
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by Belle & Sebastian
Tigermilk
by: Belle & SebastianPlay a game with your electronics
Take a step to the discotheque, and people
Go outside where there's someone watching cars go by
And the city tall with steeples
Hand in hand with the Electronic Renaissance Is the way to go
Hand in hand with the Electronic Renaissance is the way to go, boy
Hand in hand with the Electronic Renaissance is the way to go
You're learning, soon you will do the things you wanted
Since you were wearing glitter badges
If you work for much very longer
You'll be known as the boy who's always working
If you dance for much very longer
You'll be known as the boy who's always dancing
Monochrome in the 1990's
You go disco and I'll go my way
Monochrome in the 1990's
You go disco and I'll go my way
Monochrome in the 1990's
You go disco and I'll go Funkadelic, man
Is the way to go
So drop a pill and then say hello