In the summer of 2010, Harrington and Wright were playing for spare change in Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace. In two short years since, Tall Heights has headlined packed listening rooms across New England, toured down to Austin, TX to showcase at South By Southwest Music Festival, and performed alongside national acts like David Wilcox, Ryan Montbleau, and Andrew Belle.
For the duo’s debut full-length effort, Man of Stone (May, 2013), Tall Heights returned to the home studio, sinking deeper into the vast world they’ve meticulously built for two. The title track and first single, Man of Stone, recalls a time when cavemen documented day-to-day existence on the walls of their stone-sheltered dwellings. “Emblems of cavemen they taught me / the importance of typing in bold,” contextualizes the rest of the record and challenges a careful listener to view each song as a vital documentation of what is both banal and extraordinary. The record exists in a fire-lit, shadowy space for their growing army of fans to inhabit. After two powerful EPs, Rafters (2011) and the Running of the Bulls EP (2012), there has been a growing cry for more from these young artists, and Tall Heights delivers with an LP of grand vision and scale.
RECENT PRAISE
“Tall Heights’s delicate melodies and gentle harmonies create a rare public space where the people can slow down, even stop, and suspend the chaos of city life in exchange for some really great music.”-Meghna Chakrabarti, NPR
“if you still remember how happy your ears were when you first listened to Bon Iver or Arcade Fire and realized you’d stumbled into singer/songwriter oblivion… you can trust me when I say this show is worth seeing.” – Boston Magazine
“…beautiful harmonies, exquisite musicianship, intricate songwriting. I love it when the bar is set so high” –David Wilcox
Back to Autumn
Tall Heights Lyrics
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què faries terra endins,
Però no trobes la paraula,
jo no hi trobo cap sentit.
Si comptessis cada hora
del meu món peninsular,
veuries que el mar no compta
No saps que tot s'esborra?
O ho saps però no tens son?
Segueix-me si pots córrer
però no diguis que fa massa temps que sento por.
Pensaràs que pots ser lliure,
pensaràs que pots ser clar
quan et quedi bé el somriure
i no sàpigues comptar.
Dels racons més silenciosos,
n'ha sortit un crit massa alt
i és per això que hi van els gossos,
per això no hi arribo mai.
I ara em dona voltes aquest cap que ja no dorm
i sembla una broma però trec forces qui sap d'on.
I ara que ella em mira jo puc dir-te que és veritat,
que a vegades passa i gira i torna a començar.
No saps que tot s'esborra?
O ho saps però no tens son?
Segueix-me si pots córrer
però no diguis que fa massa temps que sento por.
No saps que tot s'esborra?
O ho saps però no tens son?
La vida amb comptagotes...
The lyrics to Tall Heights' song Back to Autumn speak about the fleeting nature of time and the struggle to find meaning and purpose in life. The first verse talks about how if someone knew what to do, they would do it, but sometimes we can't find the words or the meaning behind our actions. The second verse speaks about the concept of time, of how the sea doesn't matter when we sail aimlessly. We are also reminded of the fleeting nature of time with the line "No saps que tot s'esborra?" (Don't you know that everything fades away?).
The chorus is repeated multiple times in the song, with the lines "No saps que tot s'esborra? O ho saps però no tens son?" (Don't you know that everything fades away? Or maybe you do, but you can't sleep?) highlighting the theme of time and how it affects us. The third verse speaks about feeling trapped and not being able to escape, and the fear of change. Finally, the song ends on a hopeful note, with the singer saying that sometimes things go full circle and come back to the beginning.
This song is a poignant reminder to live in the moment and appreciate what we have while we have it, as time can be fleeting and unpredictable. It encourages us to not be afraid of change and to embrace the unknown.
Line by Line Meaning
Si ho sabessis em diries
què faries terra endins,
If you knew, you would tell me
what to do deep in the earth,
Però no trobes la paraula,
jo no hi trobo cap sentit.
But you can't find the word,
and I can't find any sense to it.
Si comptessis cada hora
del meu món peninsular,
If you counted every hour
of my peninsular world,
veuries que el mar no compta
quan navegues per despit.
You'd see that the sea doesn't count
when you sail out of spite.
No saps que tot s'esborra?
O ho saps però no tens son?
Don't you know that everything fades away?
Or do you know, but not care?
Segueix-me si pots córrer
però no diguis que fa massa temps que sento por.
Follow me if you can run,
but don't say it's been too long since I felt afraid.
Pensaràs que pots ser lliure,
pensaràs que pots ser clar
You'll think you can be free,
you'll think you can be clear.
quan et quedi bé el somriure
i no sàpigues comptar.
When your smile seems right,
and you don't know how to count.
Dels racons més silenciosos,
n'ha sortit un crit massa alt
From the quietest corners,
a scream has come out too loud.
i és per això que hi van els gossos,
per això no hi arribo mai.
And that's why the dogs go there,
I never get there myself.
I ara em dona voltes aquest cap que ja no dorm
i sembla una broma però trec forces qui sap d'on.
And now this head that doesn't sleep keeps spinning
and it seems like a joke, but I gather strength from who knows where.
I ara que ella em mira jo puc dir-te que és veritat,
que a vegades passa i gira i torna a començar.
And now that she's looking at me, I can tell you it's true,
sometimes it happens and turns around and starts again.
La vida amb comptagotes...
Life in drops...
Contributed by Levi R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Fi
Can't believe i've never heard of them before, they're so good 💖
Kevin Rey Tabada
Spotify brought me here.