Hippo Campus - FloodHippo Campus singer Jake Luppen had been listening to the bands work as they rolled around the country, trying to tease out how much work remained. All of it, he soon decided. Obfuscated by the need to sound sophisticated and the overwhelming ambition to make the best Hippo Campus LP ever, a deeper and more profound record that reflected how their lives were changing. But Luppen and all of Hippo Campus decided they didnt actually like what they were

The album was arranged at La Becque in Switzerland and recorded at Total Refreshment Studios in London in 2022

Disc 2 -On The Road 2003 - 2005 C side C1 Savior of Time C2 1968 C3 Hallway C4 Allison Johnson C5 Contrails D side D1 Montgomery Park D2 Black Road D3 City of Trembling Leaves-Willamette D4 I Hope I Don't End Up On Skid Row

‰ÛÏI used to think that truth was something that existed

Originally recorded in 1968-69

The artwork for ‰Û÷Preternaturals‰۪ is by Turner PrizeåÊnominee Mark Titchner

many of the songs reflect Nathan’s own experiences

Uncut Album Of The Month ''As a kind of millennial Astral Weeks

and who died of cancer when they were still teenagers

and wide-smile melodies irrespective of prevailing fashions

with each song inhabiting different parts of the process

which combines the softer lyricism of Sanders' soprano and Michael White's violin with the polyrhythmic grooves of the most Africanized material (not to mention a catchy bass riff)

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