Weeville

Weeville
Studio album by Tall Dwarfs
Released	1990
Genre	Indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi
Length	46:14
Label	Flying Nun[1] Homestead Records[2]
Tall Dwarfs chronology
Hello Cruel World (1986) Weeville (1990) Fork Songs (1991)

Weeville is an album by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs, released in 1990.[3][4] It was the band's first album, after almost a decade of EP-only releases.[5]

The album was reissued, along with Fork Songs, in 2005 by Cloud Recordings.[6] The band toured the United States to promote the reissue.[7]

Production

The album was made possible by a grant from the New Zealand Arts Council.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[10]
Philadelphia Weekly	A[11]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[12]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[13]
Winnipeg Sun	[14]

Trouser Press called the album "unpretentious but insidiously great."[15] Exclaim! wrote that "the songs that endure are acoustically strummed with simple arrangements."[16] The Chicago Tribune labeled it "a Sgt. Pepper of low-tech innovation."[17] Philadelphia Weekly noted that "Weeville also underscores just how profoundly the Kiwi scene affected America's Elephant 6 collective, which took that affinity for pretty/ugly experimentation to dizzying heights."[11] The Winnipeg Sun deemed the band "lo-fi psych-pop pioneers."[14]

Track listing

1. "Lag"
2. "What More"
3. "Breath"
4. "Skin of My Teeth"
5. "Crawl"
6. "Sign the Dotted Line"
7. "Pirouette"
8. "Lucky"
9. "Bodies"
10. "Mr. Broccoli"
11. "Lie"
12. "The Winner"
13. "Rorschach"
14. "Tip of My Tongue"
15. "Ozone"
16. "Hallelujah Boy"

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 33.
2. Encarnacao, John (15 April 2016). Punk Aesthetics and New Folk: Way Down the Old Plank Road. Routledge. ISBN 9781317073215 – via Google Books.
3. Thompson, Dave (29 October 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
4. "Tall Dwarfs | Biography & History". AllMusic.
5. "Tall Dwarfs - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
6. Meyer, Bill (28 July 2005). "Tall Dwarfs". Chicago Reader.
7. "These Kiwi dwarfs are walking tall". Hawke's Bay Today. 23 June 2005. p. B14.
8. Buckley, Peter (29 October 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
9. "Weeville - Tall Dwarfs | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
10. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 647.
11. "Buy These Records". Music. Philadelphia Weekly. 14 December 2005.
12. "Tall Dwarfs: Weeville / Fork Songs". Pitchfork. 18 January 2006.
13. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 396.
14. Sterdan, Darryl (6 January 2006). "Tall Dwarfs Weeville". Entertainment. Winnipeg Sun. p. 30.
15. "Chris Knox". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
16. "Tall Dwarves Weeville / Fork Songs". exclaim.ca.
17. Kot, Greg (6 December 1992). "1992'S BEST ALBUMS". chicagotribune.com.