THE TALLEST The Future Burns the Sun CD [2005]
Emerging from the ashes of a Junior High Cure cover band, The Tallest are a band from Chicago via Louisville Kentucky, where this debut album was recorded. Influenced by 90s era brit pop like the Verve and Blur as much as it is by Americana-based acts like Wilco and Neil Young, The Future Burns the Sun was recorded at Above the Cadillac studios with Jim James and Johnny Quaid of My Morning Jacket and bears the distinct mark of that collaboration. Finishing touches were added by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio Recording in Chicago and the album was mastered by JJ Golden in Ventura California.
Following a couple of tours at the time of this album's release, The Tallest recorded several excellent songs for a follow-up album with Mr. Norman in Chicago. Shortly after these sessions, the band replaced their drummer (who left to start a family with his wife), embarked on one more tour, and then went on hiatus. The unreleased songs have not yet been mastered or slated for release-- the key word here is yet.
