‘Solstice Party’ video + Free Christmas track released. New album available to Pre-order

Tall Firs Solstice Party

Today we present a short festive video entitled Tall Firs – Solstice Party, filmed during the December tour of Europe with Thurston Moore and which you can check out over at Vimeo.

We also have a free Christmas track, Snow Angel, which you can download from Soundcloud.


The forthcoming third album Out Of It And Into It will be out on the 12th March 2012 on Digital Download and 12″ Vinyl (inc Download). You can pre-order the Vinyl now from the ATP Store, or check out a stream of the single Crooked Smiles.

Crooked Smiles Single Reviewed at Electric Banana

From Electric Banana:

“Tall Firs, a.k.a Aaron Mullan and David Miles, originally came together as ‘90s teenagers in Maryland, Since then, Mullan and Miles have toured separately with various bands, accumulating a wealth of musical knowledge and influences that come to the fore in ‘Crooked Smiles,’ taken from just their third album, the forthcoming Out of It and Into It.

The duo’s voices and guitars seem to summon this well-crafted song from the ground: it’s brimming with breathy, rootsy atmosphere typical of the band’s brand of slow, sparse, deeply American electric folk, at times reminiscent of Neil Young. But they juxtapose this with lyrics about ATP festival (held every year at the very English Butlins holiday park) which give a sense of adventure and youth, combined interestingly with darkness: ‘Let’s get high, let’s get evil’. The legendary Jeff Mangum chose Tall Firs to play this March’s ATP. On this evidence, you can understand why.”

ATP Recordings Announce Signing of Tall Firs ‘Crooked Smiles’ 7″ Single / Digital Download Release on 28th November ‘Out Of It And Into It’ coming March 12th 2012.

ATP Recordings Announce Signing of Tall Firs
‘Crooked Smiles’ 7″ Single / Digital Download Release on 28th November
‘Out Of It And Into It’ coming March 12th 2012.

ATP Recordings are delighted to announce that we have signed Tall Firs for their next record, ‘Out of It And Into It’ out March 12th 2012.

The record, their third album, sees the core duo of Aaron Mullan and Dave Mies return to their guitar duo origins, echoing the desolate spaces and warm places introduced on their debut ‘Tall Firs’, at the same time capturing a spirit of adventure and brutal honesty not seen by them to date.


To celebrate the first single, ‘Crooked Smiles’, which is about the ATP music festivals and will be released to coincide with the bands supporting tour with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth (see below for dates) we are inviting fans who have footage from past ATP festivals, or who are coming in December to Nightmare Before Christmas, to submit video they have taken there. It can be raw footage or better still edited to parts of the song which you can listen to at Soundcloud. We are looking for off-stage footage only – not live/venue footage. To submit footage to the video project email atprecordings@atpfestival.com for more details – we’ll be editing it to create a music video for the track.

The single is out on 28th November on limited edition White 7″ vinyl (Cat No ATPRSP16) and Digital Download with non-album b-side Highway 5 – the 7″ is available exclusively on tour & via the ATP Store (click to pre-order). iTunes pre-order & audio previews available now.

Aaron Mullan on ‘Crooked Smiles’:
“This song came out of a team effort. I was drunk driving, hopped a curb, and crashed right into it. – the melody was killed outright, but the words were still hanging on for dear life, so Dave grabbed the tire iron and put ‘em out of their misery . The melody came from finding the opening chord by chance: I’d already put my fingers in all the obvious places for that tuning and it was time to either re-tune, or put my fingers in some dark horse locations and hope. After I found the first chord, the rest of the song just implied itself. I learned that tuning from a hippie girl in high school, although it turns out it was popularized by Davey Graham.I’ve been to a lot of ATP’s (20 +?) and one of my favorite things is watching people pile in on the first day. What’s better than seeing smiling girls in their first-day-of-ATP outfits, laughing with their crew, literally staggering under the weight of the beer they intend to pound right fucking now? It’s so optimistic I could lose my shit. And then later you see the same people 5 gigs and 1000 brews later staggering again, but now they’re alone in the dark and rain, still smiling in the midnight shadow of the Butlin’s tabernacle, searching for one more good time. Sorry, I’m a sap, but even the thought brings a tear to my eye.”

Release Tracks:

  • Crooked Smiles
  • Highway 5

Tour Dates with Thurston Moore:

  • November 27 – Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
  • November 28 – Glasgow, Scotland – Arches
  • November 29 – Leeds, UK – Brudnell
  • November 30 – Manchester, UK – The Ritz
  • December 2 – London, UK – Union Chapel
  • December 3 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
  • December 5 – Berlin, Germany – Volksbuhne
  • December 6 – Munich, Germany – Kammerspiele
  • December 7 – Ferrara, Italy – Teatro Communale
  • December 8 – Roma, Italy – Parco della Musica
  • December 9 – Milano, Italy – Teatro dal Verme

Contacts:

Press – Chris Stone at Stone Immaculate: stone@stoneimmaculate.co.uk

Links:

www.tallfirs.org
www.facebook.com/tallfirs
www.twitter.com/tallfirsband
www.atprecordings.com

Tall Firs at Union Pool November 1

Sîck T¥més åt Ünîøn Pøøl Tuesday November 1. With Ryan Sawyer- Trevor Dunn- Travis Laplante.


 

Tall Firs in Baltimore


With Northernmost and Rosemary Stretch.  Shit is going to be totally mental.

Tall Firs at All Tomorrow’s Parties Curated by Jeff Mangum


This is gonna be so sick! Forgot to mention we did a couple shows with Jeff already.  They were awesome. People get ready.

Tall Firs at the Treehouse Friday August 5

That’s right folks, this is the shit. Your favorite maudlin duo crooning away at your favorite boutique and neighborhood hub, The Treehouse! They go together like vinegar and oil, like peanut butter and jelly, like some fries with that shake baby! Siri and Dave are gonna put together light fare (snacks) and cocktails (booze in the lower mid range) for your comfort and joy along with the loving atmosphere you expect from a good old fashioned Treehouse get together. Then later, the Tall Firs will play a set that will do it’s damn-est not to harsh your mellow while still delivering their trademark emotional gravity. Then we’ll drink more. Kids are welcome. As little Milo Mullan can attest to, the Tall Firs loose harmonies have a bewildering effect on the infantile. Party 6-9:00 PM on Friday August 5th Tall Firs duo @ 8:00 PM Treehouse Brooklyn: 430 Graham Ave bet. Withers and Frost

Be there, be square.

The only thing at stake is a good time and that’s a lot.


BACK IN SLACKTION

The band where we play guitar and don’t sing has a new album. We are super proud of it. Please check it out and buy the LP or download at glassrocklife.com.

It was too much to figure out how to put a download card in the LP, but if you buy the vinyl just email us and we’ll teach you how to illegally download music off the internet.

TALL FIRS AT DEATH BY AUDIO JUNE 23

Hey we are performing with some short plays Thursday June 23rd at Death By Audio. We’ll presumably stick to song, but we’ll be dishing out the same harmonized soliloquy as always:

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

__ _ __ ___ _ ___ __ a night of short plays featuring ___ __ _ _ ___ ___

Things You Should Know Before We Kiss by ROB ASKINS

Cosmic Brooklyn (or how johnny fucked up the vibes) by CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN

The Last Party by EMILY CHADICK WEISS

____ ______ ________ ____ __ _ ___ with _______ __ ______ __ _ _ _ _____ ____

GIRLFRIENDS – picking up speed like lonesome drivers pursuing foxy hitchhikers – http://girlfriendstheband.com/

TALL FIRS – dishing out harmonized soliloquy to the last syllable of recorded time – http://tallfirs.org/

THE HOUSE FLOOR – offering the sincerity of your oldest friendships with the tempo changes of your time-lapsed lifeline – http://www.myspace.com/thehousefloor

Aaron basses for Spectre Folk Jun 18 in Greenpoint