Track Listing

1. Mondo 77
2. On The Flipside
3. Modem Song
4. Uncle Ray
5. Puddle Monkey
6. All of These Things
7. Bugrain
8. My Robot
9. Tomorrow's World
10. Money Hair

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12932 in Music
• Released on: 2000-09-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Looper began as an electronic side project for Belle And Sebastian bassist Stuart David--a labour of love between himself and his pixie-like wife, Wee Karn. But here, David bids his parent band adieu, and he's immersed himself in The Geometrid--a world of squawking moogs, ramshackle beat-box hip-hop, and twee, sentimental--but often quite touching--monologues, all delivered in David's wide-eyed Scottish burr. This might be music pieced together on machines, but the closest parallel to Looper's endearing shamble is fellow Scottish fanzine heroes the Pastels--a band who share Looper's youthful innocence, their naive love of life, their kiss-chase romanticism. But while the likes of "These Things" and "On The Flipside" warm hearts like a home-made Valentine card, the cloyingly sweet "Uncle Ray" begs for a shred of Belle and Sebastian's elevated grace. Revelling in a child-like simplicity, The Geometrid is likeable, often loveable--but lacks a crucial depth. Looper still sound like a side-project, and here, remain in Belle And Sebastian's shadow. --Louis Pattison

CD Description
Leaving Belle & Sebastian on the eve of mainstream popularity was a brave move by onetime bass player Stuart David. As the driving force behind Looper, he's proved that he has a lot of his own ideas to offer. THE GEOMETRID takes up where his debut album UP A TREE left off. The slinky trip-hop atmosphere is still intact, but this time the production is meatier, possibly due to Looper's mutation into a permanent four-piece band.
Kicking off in energetic style with the house-influenced "Mondo 77", THE GEOMETRID is something of a celebration of technology. "Modem Song" tells the story of an email from a Japanese friend, with words set to the atonal bleeps of a modem. "Tomorrow's World" and "My Robot" deal with the gap between futuristic fantasies and real life. Elsewhere there's gentle summer pop ("These Things"), and the '60s-inspired funkiness of "Money Hair". David plays the sensitiveoutsider card throughout, with a mixture of charm and playfulness.

Customer Reviews

Gorgeous
Sounds more fully formed than their debut - more like proper, crafted songs rather than home-made versions of nice, tricksy ideas. I don't think this is as twee as 'Up a Tree', which could get a little cloying sometimes, (though is still brilliant).

The main thing about the Geometrid is that it's one of those that needs two or three listens before the charm really works its way under your skin - well worth the effort as if you liked the ideas on 'Up a Tree', they're here again but just a bit more woven into the songs.