TAVARE "Too Small To Be So High" LP

On June 15, 2024, Tavare was invited to play a concert as part of the Keith F'eM "Church In Session" series at the Startbahn Berlin / Genezarethkirche in the neighbourhood of Neukölln, Berlin. The trio set up early in the church and over the course of the day, before the concert, recorded these seven songs for Too Small To Be So High, their debut album on God Unknown (vinyl), Cruel Nature (cass – UK), and Katuktu Collective (cass – US). Using the natural reverb of the church and with minimal overdubs, the trio attempted to capture the immediacy and delicacy of these songs as they would be presented live later that day.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jaike Stambach, with additional material recorded by Aidan Baker. All tracks by Tavare except "Thumb" by J. Mascis. Cover artwork Should I Fall from Grace (oil on canvas) by Jomar Statkun.

Tavare began playing together in Berlin in 2020, making stripped-down, minimal music – slow, fragmentary songs with sparse vocal lines and harmonies – evoking both a retro ’90s slowcore sound and contemporary pop forms and structures. The trio consists of Aidan Baker, originally from Canada but based in Berlin for over a decade, who makes music ranging from ambient/experimental to post-rock to drone-jazz, both solo and with various groups, mostly notably the dreamsludge duo Nadja; Tristen Bakker, also from Canada, who makes soft-noise, prog, ambient and punk music as a solo artist and with groups such as VROUW! and Otolitos; and Angela Muñoz, a musician, dancer and performer from Spain, who plays with several groups including nunofyrbeeswax, VROUW! and (also with Aidan) Hypnodrone Ensemble.

"The ‘Too Small To Be So High’ collection further explores this lean towards vocal expression and more orthodox structure but with the intention of testing the expansiveness of the voice and harmony, verse and chorus with resolute and tender care. Taglines for Tavare music tend towards combinations of dirge, dream, sludge, pop and gaze but essentially Baker, Bakker and Muñoz are doing more than playing with form. ‘Too Small To Be So High’ delivers a series of emotional stories in the most open and sincere way, songs presented live and in the moment." - Back Seat Mafia

Tracklist:
01. Unentwine
02. Lucy
03. You Are All At Once
04. Thumb
05. Left Behind
06. El Océano
07. Ghosts

Pressing Information:
120x Black (Limited Edition)