In "Gluey Gluey" , Chris Knox and his partner Alec Bathgate exuberantly out-snot everyone from Green Day to Supergrass. Knox's scat (as in -alogical) vocal is a litany of classic teenage one-liners over the song's bubblegum beatley tune.

When record company Flying Nun decided to lift "Gluey Gluey" as a single from the Tall Dwarfs' forthcoming album Fifty Flavours Of Glue (due for October release) the duo also produced a 20-odd minute suite called "The Ear Friend" from behind their backs and so a new EP was born...

The sonic madness of "The Ear Friend" is punctuated by another brilliant piece of rollicking home-made pop called "Fragile", a mournful synthesiser-based track "Ice Breaker" and the poignant "Foolish Hearts".

"The Ear Friend" itself sees Yo La Tengo bass-player James McNew join in the fun as things head into the neighbourhood of San Francisco's legendary Residents - possibly the only other artists to have been making a consistently goofy experimental racket for longer than the Tall Dwarfs.

This release shows 1998's Tall Dwarfs stronger than ever on vocal harmonies, higher than ever on all that glue, a nd at their most engaging in years. Have some good value fun and make yourself an ear friend today!