''Tightly Unwound'' (2008) is the seventh studio album by

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, and their first album released by

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. All previous Pineapple Thief releases were published by Cyclops Records. Kscope dedicated a microsite to the album before its release, containing a preview of the album in

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, a picture gallery, desktop wallpapers and audio samples as a source for remixes. Those who were signed to the mailing list could get the acoustic version of "Shoot First" as a free-download track. On 28 July 2008 the band released ''Shoot First'' as a download EP. A video for the song, filmed by the acclaimed director

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(famous for his works with

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and

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), premiered on the ''Tightly Unwound'' mini-site on 31 July 2008. Two tracks, "And So Say All of You" and "The Sorry State", were originally written for the band's first and second ''Fruit and Veg Selection''

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s, respectively.

Track listing

Early promo versions of the album had the tracks "Tightly Wound" and "The Sorry State" switched in order.The Pineapple Thief Discography
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External links

The Pineapple Thief's Official Website''Tightly Unwound'' Microsite

References

2008 albums The Pineapple Thief albums Kscope albums {{2000s-progressive-rock-album-stub