Gimme Indie Rock by Andrew Earles

Author:Andrew Earles
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MBI
Published: 2014-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

MY DAD IS DEAD

The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get (1989, Homestead)

Over the three proper albums and full-length odds-and-ends collection that mapped the way to this double-length, career-crowning sprawl, Cleveland’s Mark Edwards (recording under the moniker My Dad Is Dead) was a one-man fount of metaphor-free, personal, social, and—if he was lucky—romantic problems, usually centered around a lack of female attention (or a propensity for fucking it up once he finally garnered some). All of this was set to a musical backdrop that drew heavily from mid-’80s U.K. frowning favorites such as Felt, Durutti Column, This Mortal Coil, In Camera, and of course, Joy Division. But at its heart, My Dad Is Dead was American collegiate rock/post hardcore. (Edwards formed the act the day after his hardcore band, Riot Architecture, broke up.)

On The Taller You Are, the Shorter You Get, Edwards advanced from being an “acquired taste.” (His singing can be monotone and off key, but that only adds to the honesty and laid-bare quality of his material.) This overlooked powerhouse of life problems and ruined moods showcases his varied talents. The dense, heavy and fast “The Big Picture” will wow those familiar with the first Interpol album, while the Echo and the Bunnymen–clean “So Much to Lose” covers a whole different corner of the album’s sonic geography. From home-recorded Moving Targets–style rockers to the sparsest of U.K.-informed C86 melancholy, there’s much to be found across these four sides.

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