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Militarie Gun, Dazy Take Aim at Backbiters With ‘Tall People Don’t Live Long’


L.A. hardcore band Militarie Gun and Richmond's Dazy released the video for new collab 'Tall People Don't Live Long.'

The music world is replete with backbiters and bitterness — and that’s the conceit behind the latest link-up between L.A. hardcore band Militarie Gun and Richmond’s Dazy, “Tall People Don’t Live Long.” “’Tall people’ became our tongue-in-cheek term for anyone that’s lost so much perspective that they think it’s all right to make someone feel less-than,” Militarie Gun frontman Ian Shelton said in a statement. Like “Pressure Cooker,” “Tall People” is shameless fun, an aughts-tinged track — all strings, handclaps, and echos — that asks, “Can you hear me with your head up in the clouds?/Can you see me without pointing your face down?” The accompanying video, directed by Shelton, is like Reservoir Dogs meets Footloose, featuring the duo dancing in suits … menacingly.

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