Terrorbird

'Tall Firs are one of the finer experiences New York NEW rock music has to offer. Daring and delicious.'
- Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth

A near-telepathic nonchalance pervades the music of the Tall Firs. The interwoven melodies of the two guitars converse in their own tounge; the players

literally taught one another the instrument. The drums comment on the discussion, push or pull it, effortlessly gliding from free time to strict metronome and back over the course of a single measure. Meloncholic incantations reminiscent of Joni Mitchell or Jackson C. Frank transition into open-tuning workouts of despair and beauty like Mississippi John Hurt throwing down with Wire.

In New York, the band has packed Lower East Side hotspot Tonic, been curated by Jim O'Rourke to perform at The Stone, and done gigs at dive bars, amphitheatres, and illegal loft spaces while maintaining a semi-residence at Williamsburg's scene-defining Union Pool. Tall Firs have shared bills with Awesome Color, Oneida, Samara Lubulski, P.G. Six, Tim Foljhan, and Corsano+Flaherty amongst other Brooklyn and New England weirdos.

As for the band members: Aaron Mullan (guitar/vox) was a longtime collaborator of now-infamous New Weird American Chris Corsano before spending several years recording albums for other people. Ryan Sawyer (drums/vox) played in the later-famous At the Drive In as a teenager, and has played in groups such as the Fiery Furnaces and Stars Like Fleas, plus has been a floating presence on the NYC underground jazz scene in groups like Eye Contact, his collaboration with Daniel Carter, Matt Heyner, and Matt Lavelle. Dave Mies (guitar/vox) paid dues in the Baltimore scuzz-rock zone before bringing his world-weary guitar stylings up north.

As a trio, the Tall Firs have the disarming presence of a dog-whisperer, and the conspiratorial gaze of a mesmerist. This is the band guitarman/journalist Alan Licht says is "Beard-less contemporary rock at it's best."