Three Songs (Tall Dwarfs EP)

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Three Songs
EP by
Released1981
LabelFurtive, Flying Nun Records WEE001
ProducerTall Dwarfs
Tall Dwarfs chronology
Three Songs
(1981)
Louis Likes His Daily Dip
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[2]

Three Songs is an EP by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs, released in 1981.[3] It was the first recording released by the band.[4]

The EP was included on Hello Cruel World, released in 1987.[4]

Critical reception[edit]

AllMusic called it "a mix of homemade melodic genius, lo-fi recording that has a soul, lyrics cribbed from the heart of a life-loving crank, and a basketful of unexplained noises that only happen in the middle of the night when you're alone in the house."[1]

Legacy[edit]

Chris Jenkins, in Rock: The Rough Guide, credited the EP with helping to introduce the practice of lo-fi home recording.[5]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Nothing's Going to Happen"
  2. "Luck or Loveliness"
  3. "All My Hollowness to You"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Three Songs". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 395.
  3. ^ Encarnacao, John (15 April 2016). Punk Aesthetics and New Folk: Way Down the Old Plank Road. Routledge. ISBN 9781317073215 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b "Chris Knox". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  5. ^ Rock: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. p. 987.