About Tall Heights

Bio

In the summer of 2010, Tim and Paul were playing for spare change in Boston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace. In two short years since, Tall Heights has performed alongside national acts like David Wilcox, Ryan Montbleau, Andrew Belle, and Barefoot Truth, sold over 2,000 copies of their debut record, headlined packed houses across New England, and toured from Boston to Austin to showcase at South By Southwest Music Festival.

Tall Heights released a completely independent follow-up EP, Rafters, in September 2011, and sold 700 copies in the first 7 days. While many artists in their genre have of late retreated to the wilderness to record, Tall Heights stayed in the city. These five tracks were recorded over a few sweltering months in a small bedroom of their Boston apartment with an SM58 microphone, an iMac, a guitar, a cello and their voices. And, although there was neither cabin nor lake, Rafters is already spreading across their Thoreauvian folk scene like brushfire.

Recent Praise

“After seeing Tall Heights perform in our kitchen, I can’t get their songs out of my head.”
-Erin Martin, NPR Digital Services

“Every once in a blue moon you get blown away by an act you’d previously not heard of.  Fans of Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, fans of great music and art in general need to be aware of Tall Heights.  What an incredible duo.” –Ryan Montbleau

“The Deli is totally digging Tall Heights right now” -The Deli Magazine – New England

“Not since Crosby met Nash have two voices harmonized so perfectly.”  - Pulse Magazine

“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

“Gorgeous cello and crisp harmonies from Boston’s Tall Heights” – Bandcamp 

“…unique, soulful, dramatic, and arcane” –Allston Pudding

“a mellifluous mix of guitar, cello and vocal harmonies…a low-fi recording style and unique percussion act as perfect condiments” –Performer Magazine

“…beautiful harmonies, exquisite musicianship, intricate songwriting. I love it when the bar is set so high” –David Wilcox

“…well conceived, cohesive work of art…heartfelt, intimate and very expressive.” — Mark Baxter

“…a fixture in the city’s folk/rock scene…[Tall Heights] played with a high level of craft and a lyrical depth that defies their young faces… music that is pretty, passion-laden and catchy as hell.” – Performer Magazine

“This band is raw talent that shines in an age of acoustic appreciation.”
– The Examiner

“They wowed the audience with a spectacular set…beautiful vocal stacks brought raves from the audience, other musicians and some of the press corps in attendance…DON’T MISS THIS GROUP”
– Plymouth Folk Festival