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It is American Candy Monday in the USA and the official theme song is "American Candy" by The High Water Marks!
"It’s the gravitational pull of the group’s work," says Austin Town Hall. "They’re willing to blow your hair back."
Listen up!
It's Another-High Water Marks-Single Day for all who celebrate! I declare: You will be singing this chorus with a quickness, so make your Friday a bit better. Find “Let’s Hang Out Forever” on all the great streaming platform, including YouTube, where High Water Marks member Per Ole’s characters come to life in a new lyric video.
In its premiere of the song yesterday, Austin Town Hall hailed the band for creating “The best brand of power pop you’re going to find today.” Follow the bio link to watch and sing and listen wherever you choose to do it! "This time forever, so let's hang out every day, It's now or never, can't see another way."
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧 is out June 9 on Minty Fresh!
Hello! Look, I can't keep praising The High Water Marks all of the time or you’ll be like, "Josh, you're their publicist. We need an objective point of view!"
Fair.
Here's what Will at We All Want Someone To Shout For says today about the first two singles from the upcoming 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧 (out June 9 on Minty Fresh): "Wicked good... All the best elements of charming 90s power pop... in all the ways you'd expect from a band involving Hilarie Sidney, the co-founder of iconic Elephant 6 Recording Company. Sugary vocals, tight guitar riffs, and an infectious presence that simply soars."
That's it, there it is!
Now you can use your eyes to listen to the new single by The High Water Marks! Watch "An Imposed Exile" during your "work" hours!
Nathan at Austin Town Hall says: “I’m all about the execution of perfect pop... the melodic nature of the vocals galloping atop those fuzzy jangling guitars is just absolutely sublime."
Hilarie says: "It was a big year for us because we all got to record in Kentucky together and we played our first show together in Oslo with Pavement. I wanted to make a video with us in it and this one is like our greatest hits of 2022."
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧 (17 tracks!) is out June 9 from Minty Fresh.
If you want your brain taken over by an earworm, I am offering you this opportunity!
As Joshua Pickard writes in Beats Per Minute: "Trouble From The East" by The High Water Marks is a "rocker of sustainable emotional malleability, using blissed-out guitar riffs and pop-centric harmonies to examine the impact of war and nuclear annihilation. Calling Norway home, the band knows firsthand about the perceived threat of violence from just across geographical lines."
Don't be afraid! Click for your life!
Three-quarters of The High Water Marks live in Norway. They have invited me to move there. I am posting this publicly for posterity. I have been to Oslo and it is very expensive, but America is becoming more costly by the minute and I ain't talkin' 'bout inflation, yo!
Anyway, did you know that the band has been announced for Indiefjord 2022 in the western Norway village of Bjørke on July 9 + 10?!
Also, too, as well, and additionally: follow the link to check this interview with Norwegian site Lost In The Nordics (formerly A Portal To The Nordics). Per Ole manages to squeeze in a mention of the failed KISS soundtrack 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳.”
Here's a thing I would like to proclaim: I love this album and 97.89% of the human population agrees with me (and the rest don't listen to music.) That's pretty good, right?!
Here's what AllMusic is saying about the latest High Water Marks album:
"Catchy, affectionate pop... a skill that's front and center. Even diversions into noise and darker corners charm on a set that never loses its spark."
Out now on Minty Fresh!
Do you need more incentive to go and pick up your vinyl copy of 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, the new album by The High Water Marks, available this Friday, April 29 from Minty Fresh?!
How about a fantastic video for the fantastic song "Fantastic Machine," premiering right now over at Under the Radar?
Director Scott Fitzpatrick says, “When I look at The High Water Marks artwork, it gives me a sense of Monty Python's Flying Circus, mixing old photos with cartoons and doing it well."
Now that you're under the spell of our insistent commercial come-on, go right here and exchange your moolah for music.
Hilarie from The High Water Marks chatted with MAGNET Magazine about Elephant 6 Recording Co. and The Apples in stereo history along with premiering the video she created for "Fingers and Trees Are Only Temporary," the longest and most psychedelic track on the band's new album 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, streaming now courtesy of Minty Fresh.
And... we are excited to announce that 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 vinyl is out on April 29 and available for pre-order right now, right here.
Click for your life!
“To have two stellar albums appear in such a short period of time is remarkable,” proclaims Aiding & Abetting of Proclaimer of Things, the new album from The High Water Marks, out now via Minty Fresh.
The Norway-based band featuring Hilarie Sidney (co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording Co. and The Apples In Stereo) has made an album with “enough joy to warm just about anything or anyone.”
Today we have Hilarie Sidney of The High Water Marks (formerly an associate of Elephant 6 Recording Co. and member of The Apples in Stereo) discussing The Beatles’ classic "I'm A Loser," one of John Lennon's earliest candid and self-effacing compositions, with the esteemed Ranking The Beatles podcast.
Please listen and enjoy!
Hilarie Sidney (currently of The High Water Marks, co-founder of Elephant 6 Recording Co. and The Apples in Stereo) is this week's guest on the Stereo Embers podcast!
Host Alex Green calls new album 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 (out this Friday via Minty Fresh) a "blast of hook-laden numbers that careen and roll mightily away with jangling precision and indie rock smarts... a stirring collection of spry pop anthems that's both spellbinding and rousing."
I'm not going to argue with any of that one bit. Check out Alex's chat with Hilarie, yo!
Hey earthlings! You know what? The High Water Marks single "Fantastic Machine" is out tomorrow (pre-save: https://smarturl.it/xj9q2m) and it's streaming this morning over at the very awesome Treble Zine!
This is for all kids of Earth, but especially for those Elephant 6 Recording Co. and The Apples in Stereo fans out there who have been following the musical projects of Hilarie Sidney over the years.
New album 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is out February 4 on Minty Fresh!
More music today from the upcoming new album by The High Water Marks! "Reason Vs. Truth" is a deep cut from the record premiering today over at The Big Take Over.
I hope I'm not being tracked when I post this, but Hilarie Sidney provided the following: "This song is about a guy who tried to run away from a lot of trouble. We heard that he might or might not be a member of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He doesn’t know that we know that he knows." Well!
Proclaimer of Things is out February 4 from Minty Fresh with vinyl goodness to follow shortly thereafter.
A new single from The High Water Marks drops tomorrow, but scribe Joshua Pickard has premiered "Fingers and Trees are Only Temporary" over at Beats Per Minute today! “The song,” he writes, “feels like it’s drawing back to those early years within the Elephant 6 hivemind. It overflows with a genuine love of sound, a love of pop music unbound by rules or trends."
Put it in your calendar or tattoo it on your arm: New single out tomorrow, new full-length 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 out February 4 via Minty Fresh!