VITAL WARMING?
02/28/2002

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Vital Weekly
No. 400, Week: 49

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TINY HAIRS - COLDLESS (CD by False Walls)
This is the third release of Tiny Hairs, following their debut 'Subtle Invisible Bodies' (see Vital Weekly 314) and a split LP with Millionaires With Guitars (see Vital Weekly 381). Tiny Hairs is a big band, including guitars, double bass, electronics, drums and violin and together they improvise their pieces. Just as with their debut CD, the eleven tunes here are quite nice, but also at the same time not always inspiring. Nice stuff, but not always with great tension among the players. At times just too easy, too mellow with not much exciting going on. Tiny Hairs taps out of many sources, post rock, improvisation and electronica (although this only brief), but do not match the likes of Town & Country or Tortoise. Maybe it's about time they went for some serious composing. The skills to play their instruments well are there, so that shouldn't be the trouble.

- Frans de Waard    
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