High Highs
Open Season
When Austrailians Jack Milas, Jack Lipkins, and Oli Chang get together a mesh of folk and dream pop converge to become the band's first album Open Season, released January 29, 2013. Laid back guitar strums and lullaby-like choruses of lost loves and brief reconciliation string from track to track, telling a story that the indie at heart would only dream of.
"In a dream I saw all the sun in the sky. If you would believe me, if you would stay a while..."-In A Dream
Minimalism is what makes this album perfection and repetition of heartbroken lines long for you to stay. Open Season isn't meant for clinically depressed and downtrodden, but the hopeful. Although the lyrics of crooning synth spread across every track, the meditative album brings its listeners to the gentle but subtly dark world the High Highs retells laced in sighs of lightly tapped piano keys. It is cool and mystifying such as Elliot Smith during his prime and pop infused like Youth Lagoon. Singles "Open Season" and "Flower's Bloom" have been used in various Amazon and Pacifico Spin.
In the fall High Highs toured with Stars, How To Dress Well, and Vampire Weekend. They even made an appearance at New York's CMJ Festival. According to the band's Instagram and Twitter accounts, they are taking time out to start recording again. High Highs proves that simplicity can go a long way, and they don't need all the romp and fluff to do so.
For the album stream in its entirety at Bandcamp or Spotify.
"Open Season" from Open Season
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