Dim Lit Explained

Dim Lit
Type:Album
Artist:Polar Bear
Cover:Polar_Bear_Dim_Lit_album_cover.jpg
Released:1 September 2004
Genre:Jazz
Length:64:00
Label:Babel Label and The Leaf Label
Producer:Robert Harder, Sebastian Rochford
Next Title:Held on the Tips of Fingers
Next Year:2005

Dim Lit is the debut album by British jazz band Polar Bear, formed and led by drummer Sebastian Rochford.

Background

Polar Bear were awarded Best Band at the BBC Jazz Awards 2004, giving Dim Lit a platform for small scale success.[1] It was eventually surpassed by their following album Held on the Tips Of Fingers (2005), which was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize.[2]

The album was initially released on Babel Label and re-issued by The Leaf Label in 2014.[3]

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".[4] The BBC call Dim Lit "a finely crafted album" in their review of the follow-up album.[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Seb Rochford

Personnel

Polar Bear

Additional musicians

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Review: Polar Bear at The Lantern (Colston Hall) . . 24 April 2015 . 28 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150428025448/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Review-Polar-Bear-Lantern-Colston-Hall/story-26385086-detail/story.html . 28 April 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: Polar Bear, Held On The Tips Of Fingers . Mercury Prize, Albums of the Year . 2005 . May 26, 2015.
  3. Web site: Polar Bear Album Reissues . The Leaf Label . December 8, 2014 . May 26, 2015.
  4. Web site: Reviews: Polar Bear, Dim Lit . . John . Fordham . May 21, 2004 . May 26, 2015.
  5. Web site: Polar Bear Held On The Tips Of Fingers Review . . 28 May 2015 . Finch . Russell.

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