Hello Cruel World

by Tall Dwarfs

Hello Cruel World cover art

Compiling the first four highly inventive EPs released by the pioneering New Zealand duo, 'Hello Cruel World' is a foundational document of lo-fi indie pop. Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate recorded primarily on rudimentary four-track tape machines, utilizing household objects for percussion alongside strummed acoustic guitars and tape loops. Their unapologetically DIY approach deeply influenced the Flying Nun roster and the broader international slacker-rock movement.

Genres

  • Dunedin Sound
  • Slacker Rock
  • Indie Pop

Tracklist

  1. Nothing's Going To Happen
  2. Luck Or Loveliness
  3. All My Hollowness To You
  4. Louis The First
  5. Maybe
  6. Pictures On The Floor
  7. Paul's Place
  8. Clover
  9. Song Of The Silents
  10. Louis The Second
  11. Canopener
  12. Beauty
  13. This Room Is Wrong
  14. Walking Home
  15. Turning Brown + Torn In Two
  16. Woman
  17. Shade For Today
  18. The Brain That Wouldn't Die
  19. I've Left Memories Behind
  20. Phil's Disease (Day 1)
  21. Phil's Disease (Day 4)
  22. Crush!