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The upcoming new album 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 by The High Water Marks (February 4, Minty Fresh) contains some longer psychedelic tunes that are a bit of a departure from the band's previous work. So what better place to hip you to one of these songs than the fine It’s Psychedelic Baby? "Origin of Names" is a deep cut from the record featuring vocals by drummer Øystein Megård.
New video from The High Water Marks today via MXDWN! The visual is a blast, but my favorite part of this piece is Hilarie Sidney’s story about her great-grandfather, who appears in a childhood photo on the "Proclaimer of Things" single cover art. She says that he “was so good at skating and doing tricks on both the bike and the skates that he started performing around the Midwest. He went under the moniker Little Willy Sidney, and Wee Willy Sidney." So much to love about that! New album out February 4 courtesy of Minty Fresh.
Surprise! The title track from the upcoming new album 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 by The High Water Marks is streaming the day before release over at Under The Radar Magazine. "'Proclaimer of Things,’” they say, “offers up plenty of the potent melodies and propulsive hooks that have become the band’s signature. An irresistible power pop gem." Well, damn - that's what's up! Link in bio. Pre-save the song and prepare for the album drop via Minty Fresh Music on February 4.
We All Want Someone To Shout For describes "Jenny" by The High Water Marks as "shimmering 90s-esque dream pop and slacker rock" with an "absolutely infectious sound that is a total earworm." I have no argument with any of that!
New album Proclaimer of Things is out February 4 on Minty Fresh.
Today, enjoy Hilarie Sidney from the The High Water Marks as she chats about the band's upcoming album Proclaimer Of Things (February 4, Minty Fresh) as well as her Elephant 6 and Apples In Stereo history in Denver with the city's own Westword. Check it out and feel a mile high!
Thanks to Surviving The Golden Age for posting about the fab new High Water Marks single "Jenny.” New album Proclaimer Of Things is out February 4 on Minty Fresh Music. According to the site, “While the song is reminiscent of 90s alt-pop bands like Rentals (with less synths) or Superdrag, there are little psychedelic nods to (bandleader) Hilarie Sidney’s Elephant 6 past.”
It took quite a few months, but Tankboy has finally published a list of favorite 2020 records. Of course, it’s hard to blame anyone for dragging their feet after a year like last year. “The only real mental metric I could apply was that these were albums I could reliably turn to that made me feel during a period of time when I wasn't certain I could feel at all, or ever again,” writes the blogger.
Among these is The High Water Marks, who released Ecstasy Rhymes last year and are slated to return with a new LP in 2022. “The heart of the band is frontperson Hilarie Sidney. You may recognizer that name,” Tankboy notes, “if you're familiar with The Apples In Stereo through her years with that band, but she takes center stage and dishes out a ton of sharp indie rock-n-pop tunes over the duration of Ecstasy Rhymes. A little burst of sunshine that helped me get through the year.”
New music this morning from The High Water Marks! Thanks to Glide Magazine for posting "Jenny," which they call "a bouncing power pop anthem that is filled with infectious hooks, crashing drums and guitars, and delicious harmonies."
Fronted by Elephant 6 and The Apples In Stereo co-founder Hilarie Sydney, the new album Proclaimer of Things is out February 4 via Minty Fresh. After a 13-year hiatus, it's the band's second album in just over a year — how about that?
Really proud of 'em for persevering through personal hardship and using it as fuel for more perfect power pop. All of this is true, not just alliteration!
MXDWN is positively effusive in its new review of The High Water Marks’ 𝘌𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘴, now available from Minty Fresh. The album, MXDWN writes, “is exactly what it sounds like–pure ecstasy for an indie rock lover.” It’s “the record that will get people through the rest of this grueling year.”
AllMusic just awarded four stars to Ecstasy Rhymes, the newest LP from The High Water Marks, calling it “a stripped down and almost punky take on the Elephant 6 sound that Hilarie Sidney helped invent."
It’s “the band’s best album to date… not only a blast from the past but it also sounds completely fresh while showing just how powerfully enjoyable simple indie pop can be when played with this much energy and joy.”
"Top-notch indie pop-rock tracks abound" on the new LP from The High Water Marks, according to Big Takeover. Out today (Nov. 13), Ecstasy Rhymes is the first album in 13 years from Hilarie Sidney- a former member of The Apples In Stereo and the sole female founder of the massively influential Elephant 6 collective.
Hear a full album stream of what The Big Takeover calls “38 minutes of perfect power-pop,” along with an enlightening Q&A session between bandleader Sidney and her musical mates.
Tim at Dagger 'Zine is a old-school paper zine guy who keeps on bringing that spirit to the virtual version of the mag. He's also a Denver dude, so who better to chat with Denver ex-pat, Hilarie Sidney, of The High Water Marks, who came up playing music in Colorado as co-founder of Elephant 6 Recording Co. and The Apples in stereo. Band's first album in 13 years Ecstasy Rhymes is out Nov. 13th on Minty Fresh.
Hear the new single from The High Water Marks on BPM now. Fronted by Elephant 6 co-founder Hilarie Sidney, the Grøa, Norway-based foursome is set to release Ecstasy Rhymes, its first album in 13 years, via Minty Fresh on Nov. 20, 2020.
“On their new single, ‘Award Show,’” BPM writes, “the band rips through an indie barnburner that would have felt perfectly at home released sometime in the early ‘90s – I’m looking at you Foolish-era Superchunk. But as much as the song owes a debt to bands of that time, and Sidney’s own work during those years, it never comes across as beholden to a specific aesthetic. It’s classic indie rock, yeah, but there is something more coursing through its melodic veins, resulting in a wry distillation of influence and experience which few bands can express with any sense of finality.”
QRO Mag has the premiere of the video for “Can You” by The High Water Marks (featuring Apples In Stereo co-founder Hilarie Sidney), which the site calls a “sunshine of a song.” See the video for the song and get excited for the full album’s release Nov. 20 from Minty Fresh!
Brooklyn Vegan reports that the The High Water Marks “instantly recall the heyday of The Elephant 6 Recording Company with an earworm melody nestled in fuzzy indie rock production."
So excited for this one today! “Can You” is the first single from the first album in 13 years from Apples In Stereo co-founder Hilarie Sidney. It's amazing to hear her voice over these crunchy sounds yet again. "Can You" is available everywhere on Friday, and Ecstasy Rhymes drops via Minty Fresh on Nov. 20.