The 1985 Listening Post - Tall Dwarfs - That's the Short and the Long of It

Tall Dwarfs - That's the Short and the Long of It

#115

March 5 1985

Tall Dwarfs

That’s the Long and the Short of it

Genre: Indie

4.5 out of 5

Highlights:

Nothing’s Going to Happen

Burning Blue

13 years after the release of this record one of the (arguably) most effective, evocative and influential records of the modern era would be released. 

It took me 10 years to finally get around to listen to In the Aeroplane O’er the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel and I unabashedly adore it. 

Listen to “Burning Blue” and you will hear what I hear, I believe. 

This is the genesis not of “90s rock” but of the Elephant 6 sound that would come at the end of that decade. 

This is experimentation and psychedelia wrenching itself from Rock tropes and creating something new.

Tall Dwarfs were a decade ahead of their time, but also steeped in the acid influence of the late 60s. 

omg, I just read the Wiki on them. “Bands who have claimed to be influenced by the Tall Dwarfs include Elf Power^, Neutral Milk Hoteland Olivia Tremor Control. In 2005, they did a small number of concerts in the USA, playing with the Olivia Tremor Control.”

So, Tall Dwarfs ARE responsible for that entire Elephant 6 sound. All hail New Zealand!