Pup Tent Explained

Pup Tent
Type:	Album
Artist:	Luna
Cover:	Pup Tent.jpg
Released:	29 July 1997
Recorded:	Sear Sound, Pachyderm Studio, Baby Monster Studios, and RPM Studios
Genre:	Indie pop, indie rock
Length:	46:46
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Pat McCarthy
Prev Title:	EP
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	The Days of Our Nights
Next Year:	1999

Pup Tent is the fourth album by the American alternative rock band Luna, released in 1997.

Background

"Bobby Peru" is named after an eccentric, overtly creepy character played by Willem Dafoe in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart. Wareham read the phrase "Fuzzy Wuzzy" in a Don DeLillo book.^[1] Wareham said that "The Creeps" isn't terribly good and probably should have been left off the album.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics by Dean Wareham, music by Luna.

1. "IHOP" – 5:44
2. "Beautiful View" – 3:43
3. "Pup Tent" – 5:55
4. "Bobby Peru" – 3:43
5. "Beggar's Bliss" – 3:34
6. "Tracy I Love You" – 4:45
7. "Whispers" – 3:55
8. "City Kitty" – 5:44
9. "The Creeps" – 3:35
10. "Fuzzy Wuzzy" – 5:48

Personnel

Luna

• Dean Wareham – vocals, guitars
• Sean Eden – guitars
• Justin Harwood – bass, keyboards, trumpet, guitars
• Lee Wall – drums, percussion

with:

• Jamie Candeloro – Mandolin and slide dobro on "Beggar's Bliss"
• Barrett Martin – Marimba and vibraphone on "Pup Tent" and "Beautiful View
• Pat McCarthy – "bits and bobs"
• Mike Russell – accordion on "City Kitty"
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello on "City Kitty"

Production

• Pat McCarthy – producer, engineer
• Mastered by Greg Calbi
• Jed Luhmann - assistant engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dean Wareham of Luna - Interview . Ayscough . Aaron . 2004-11-29 . Stylus Magazine . 2018-01-18 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20071205204416/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/interview/dean-wareham-of-luna.htm . 2007-12-05 .
2. Web site: Features: Luna . Splendid . 2018-01-18 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20060814063032/http://www.splendidezine.com/features/luna2/ . 2006-08-14 .