Concert Review: Tall Heights Reach Newer Heights At King’s Theatre

Good things do not change, but they do grow. How that works or, at least does so clearly, is a mystery to me, but I felt that point when I saw Tall Heights fill out the stage of Kings Theatre. Currently, opening for Ben Folds on tour, I had the pleasure to see Tall Heights more than a year ago headlining at Rough Trade. Hence, why I felt my statement above.
Tall Heights – River Wider (Tour Portrait)

Thanks to my previous review, I knew what I was getting with Tall Heights; witty guys who look like the friends you meet at the pub, but serve you stringed melodies that feel more like the drinks of life. Playing off their last album, Neptune, tracks like, “Horse To Water”, “River Wider”, “No Man Alive”, and my fave “Spirit Cold”, the duo proved that they ARE STARS! Admittedly, I was curious to see how their intimate sound would play at such a big venue. After all, Tall Heights’ music feels like a world to your ears when heard through headphones.They are the Millennial soundtrack to the struggle of feeling dissatisfied with how life is going, yet the consistent aim to feel fulfilled by it. YES! This is an extremely deep notion that felt entombed by the lightness of the cello and guitar. I am SUCKER for anything with a cello, of which this Smithsonian worthy instrument feels like the capsule of melancholy and beauty throughout their songs. Wright cradles this instrument as if it is the drill holding down their earthy tone to give Tall Heights a lyrical path to reach Heaven. I love how Wrights plays the cello with the gentle passion you would give a child, only to turn around and have a childlike smiles and conversations with Harrington.
Tall Heights – Horse to Water

Tall Heights’ styles have not changed since I last saw them, of which Harrington always has a joke and a voice that streams into songs like freshwater into a lake. He has the higher, falsetto vocals that land upon Wright’s sanded tone. Thus, as the two men harmonized, their voices formulated images of nature like deserts, creeks, and mountains. Though, they are seen as “electro-folk”, their electronica felt like an electric undercurrent to their folksy/ woeful tales of self-search. These men go for the spirit of a song, and light it up to then enlighten its listeners. Hence, why I felt they have grown since I last saw them, and made Rough Trade feel like too small a space to confine their universal-reaching sounds. Growing is not about changing your essence as much as elevating it to be able to enter and fulfill different spaces and situations. Tall Heights fulfilled King’s Theatre, and walked away with fans that could hear on loop the rubies and diamonds they call music. For More Information On Tall Heights Click Here.
Tall Heights – Infrared