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I’m halfway drunk again, trying to stare through smoky lighting in a poorly lit club. I’m pretty sure my date just walked out, but she just might be set to arrive. I can’t really tell. And it’s either four in the afternoon or a little after two in the morning. The watch is playing tricks on me again. My only grounding anchor is the band playing onstage. Why does it sound like someone singing through a bee hive in here? Oh, right. Tall Days is ripping shit up again, and I’ve never been happier drowning my blues than I am right now.
Two guys. That’s it. Two. And the opening hook on “Be Somebody” makes me think that the Strokes might be three guys too heavy. Stripped like a garage-band and with about as many consistent members, Joe DeAngelus and Graham Hartke make an awful lot of noise for a couple of guys who need nothing more than a Fender guitar amp and a 14-piece DW drum set. Tall Days is no-frills blues-rock for the three-A.M. set and DeAngelus and Hartke don’t disappoint their audience. DeAngelus provides the drums and percussion, backing up Hartke’s multitasking as the frontman. Tall Days can easily trick you into thinking that there’s a full band on stage, as they’ve been known to incorporate an alto sax along with their bass and guitar sound. And with your head on the bar, for all you care, it might as well be a full band. There’s just one thing that keeps running through your liquid brain and that’s the thought that somewhere Banham, Jones, Plant, and Page are smiling, all new-papa proud, at the duo on stage. And though the comparisons to Led Zeppelin are overstating just a shade, these are two guys who can rock and rock hard.
Tall Days latest EP, “Long Time No Talk” was released in June 2004. Which means it’s available now, you cheap bastards, so go pick it up. Plus, Joe and Graham are good guys and they produced it themselves. Catch the band in and around New York or surf over to their site to take a break from porn at www.talldays.com.
- Northeast In-Tune Magazine
Three short, boozy, knock over the tables, rip roaring, nights. "Better" kicks off the EP with kicking Stone Temple Pilots-ish guitar riffatude, vocals also have a Scott Weiland bend to them. "Girl in Trouble" is next ip, with even more dirty inspiration, perhaps even a nod to a certain striped Detroit band. Last on the disc is the real shiner, "The 20's", which is pure, inspired indie bliss. Three Short Nights is just not enough. - The Sentimentalist
Like an all-male White Stripes, this Essex County duo of Graham Hartke and Joe DeAngelus crafts a fine, rockin' sound on their EP. - Hoboken Rock City
Graham Hartke and Joe DeAngelus make up the Tall Days. Although only a duo they make one hell of a racket. Graham makes up for almost a full band by singing, playing guitar, bass, and alto sax. Joe does all percussion and drums. This duo have been gigging out quite a bit and gaining strong comparisons to The Black Keys with their bluesy, rock riffs(“Foggy Glasses”). They also sound like students of Led Zepplin, The Who, and Deep Purple. - www.crashinin.com
The duo of Graham Hartke (vocals, guitars) and Joe DeAngelus (drums) makes up the band, another in a series of duo outfits. Their offering here has a distinct, NYC garage-band sound, a straight-ahead, no-frills rock that appeals on a gut level. Often the vocals clip, or sound as if they are being recorded through a harmonica mic – they're not shouted or screamed so much as there is a fuzzy edge to them. As for influences and sounds, there is a funky, rhythmic tone to many of the songs, but at the heart of it all is blues rock. Old-timers might make comparisons to Led Zeppelin, or Richie Blackmore's bands, even Ronnie Montrose – bands that came and went long before this recording. The boys even include a 37-second acoustic foray called "Secret Tambourine Explosion #3," which could easily have resided on an early Led Zeppelin album. Tall Days are successful in generating a sound that used to be the norm for heavy rock and roll, a sound that today has been relegated to classic-rock stations overplaying the same cuts again and again. Perhaps, in rebelling against the sounds they heard on radio, the band sought a harsher, louder, angrier response, much the way Page, Plant, Bonham, and Jones did. Rock on, I say, and keep up the good work. www.talldays.com
- NY Rock
Discography
3 Short Nights - EP - 2006
"Better" has been spun on many stations including Q104.3, WDHA (5 times), and many others.
Long Time No Talk - EP 2004
Named one of "BEST of 2004" by 101.7 WKZQ
"Be Somebody" has been played on many radio stations across the country including:
-XM Satellite's Unsigned (One of the most played songs in June 2005
-Q104.3's "Out of the Box"
-Hoboken Rock City.com
-Blowupradio.com's 2004 sampler.
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Bio
Formed from a fateful encounter at where else but a NJ diner, Tall Days play raw, bluesy rock n’ roll.
Graham Hartke (guitar/vocals) and Joe DeAngelus (Drums/Percussion) write all things TALL. Samuel Frisch (bass) lends his presence to TALL events.
After years of jamming, rocking and rolling, Tall Days released their debut EP, “Long Time No Talk” in June of 2004. The single, “Be Somebody” was spun on many radio stations across the country including Q104.3 FM’s “Out of the Box”, XM Satellite’s Unsigned and was named one of 2004’s best by WKZQ, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
After constant performing in New York City and NJ, Tall Days went back into the studio and recorded a 3-song EP entitled, “3 Short Nights”. John Seymour, who has worked his magic previously with U2 and the Dave Mathews Band among many others, mixed and mastered the album. The EP was released in May of 2006. The single, “Better” has been spun on numerous stations including Q104.3 & WDHA which also spun the song “Girl’s Trouble”.
10 brand-spanking new rock n roll songs were record in the Fall of 2006 and will be released sometime in 2007.
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