''Weeville'' is an album by
New Zealand
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band
Tall Dwarfs, released in 1990. It was the band's first album, after almost a decade of EP-only releases.
The album was reissued, along with ''
Fork Songs'', in 2005 by Cloud Recordings. The band toured the United States to promote the reissue.
Production
The album was made possible by a grant from the New Zealand Arts Council.
Critical reception
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Trouser Press
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'' called the album "unpretentious but insidiously great." ''
Exclaim!
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'' wrote that "the songs that endure are acoustically strummed with simple arrangements." The ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' labeled it "a ''Sgt. Pepper'' of low-tech innovation."
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'' 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."
[ The '']Winnipeg Sun
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'' deemed the band "lo-fi psych-pop pioneers."[
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Track listing
#"Lag"
#"What More"
#"Breath"
#"Skin of My Teeth"
#"Crawl"
#"Sign the Dotted Line"
#"Pirouette"
#"Lucky"
#"Bodies"
#"Mr. Broccoli"
#"Lie"
#"The Winner"
#"Rorschach"
#"Tip of My Tongue"
#"Ozone"
#"Hallelujah Boy"
References
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Tall Dwarfs albums
1990 albums
Flying Nun Records albums