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Friday, February 4, 2022
The High Water Marks returns from 13-year hiatus with two albums in two years. Power-popping “Proclaimer of Things,” out today.
“Pulse-raising mega-pop.” — UNCUT | “Sugar-coated
melodies to spare” — Pitchfork | “Garage pop for the masses.” — Paste +++
The High Water Marks (L-R): Logan
Miller, Hilarie Sidney, Per Ole Bratset, Øystein Megård. Photo credit: Self-Portraits, Illustration by Per Ole
Bratset. +++ Proclaimer of Things album is the second full-length in less than two years
from The High Water Marks, following
a (too long!) 13-year hiatus. The Norway-based band fronted by Hilarie Sidney, the co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording Co. and one of its
core bands The Apples In Stereo,
maintains and extends the high-energy fantastic fuzz of those sounds. +++ The High Water Marks Proclaimer
of Things (Minty Fresh Records) Out Now Streaming Link: STREAM FULL
LP
Track Listing: 01. The Best Day 02. Fantastic Machine (STREAM) 03. Jenny (STREAM | VIDEO) 04. I Told You Before 05. Fingers and Trees Are Only Temporary (STREAM) 06. Proclaimer of Things (STREAM
| VIDEO) 07. Spectral Roommate 08. Origin of Names (STREAM) 09. Dust and Guitars 10. Devotee to The Chemist 11. Someones’s Song 12. Reason vs. Truth (STREAM) 13. We Are Going to Kentucky +++ The High Water Marks | More Songs
and Videos from Proclaimer of Things +++ The High Water Marks | “Fantastic
Machine”
[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheHighWaterMarks-FingersAndTreesAreOnlyTemporary In its
premiere coverage of the latest single by The High Water Marks, Beats Per Minute says, “Known as
the home of bands such as Neutral Milk
Hotel, The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, and dozens
of others, the Elephant 6 Collective
was a refuge for popsters who enjoyed the more psychedelic aspects of the
genre. As one of the founders of this musical sanctuary (and of The Apples in Stereo), Hilarie Sidney has long spent time in
the company of musicians whose creativities were slightly askew from their
peers. “On ‘Fingers
and Trees are Only Temporary,’ the band digs
deeper into the psychedelic side of their work, bringing out some fuzzy
guitar theatrics, thumping percussion, and sweeping vocals that come at you
from all angles. The song feels like it’s drawing back to those early years
within the E6 hivemind... There’s
plenty of lovely nostalgia here, but that’s not why the song works so well.
This is its own thing.” +++ The High Water Marks | “Proclaimer
of Things”
[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTBKF-9xq98 [STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheHighWaterMarks-Proclaimer-Single +++ The “Proclaimer
of Things” single, featuring lead vocal by Sidney’s bandmate and husband, Per
Ole Bratsetis out now
and MXDWN has premiered
the video for the song, saying it “is catchy and upbeat and has the
potential to be on your favorite playlist on repeat.” Under
The Radar rings in with the premiere
of the track, calling “Proclaimer of
Things,” “an irresistible power pop gem.” Bratset says, “The title comes from an inside joke Hil and I always play around with. If
we catch ourselves being a little preachy or pompous, we add ‘I am the
proclaimer of things!’ at the end. We picture this guy with a crazy mustache
and top hat going around ‘proclaiming things,’ while holding up a scroll and
wearing a monocle. It always makes it weird and hilarious!”
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The High
Water Marks | About
“I am so lucky to have been a musician throughout my
life,” says Hilarie Sidney,
currently fronting The High Water Marks,
and best known as co-founder of the revered musical collective Elephant Six, and one of its three core
bands The Apples In Stereo. Based in
her adopted home town of Grøa, Norway, Sidney
and The High Water Marks has just
released Proclaimer of Things, the band’s second album in just over a
year, following-up the 2020 album Ecstasy Rhymes, its first album in
13 years. Coming back after such a long stretch of being off the
scene with a critically and commercially welcomed new album, and then quickly
coming in hot with another batch of 13 songs, isn’t an accident. In this case,
it’s a coping mechanism. With the United States reaching a milestone of 1 in
500 people having succumbed to COVID-19, it’s tragic news that this statistic
hits home for Sidney. Her mother,
half a world away, passed from the virus earlier this year. “Not being able to see her and knowing that she was
alone, dying in a nursing home, still haunts me daily,” Sidney courageously reveals. Sidney
knew that when she began to build a life in Norway with her band mate and
husband Per Ole Bratset and their
son, that she would be just a 12-hour flight from the rest of her family, but
that 12 hours became something completely different under lockdown. “I never factored in a pandemic,” she says. “At least
my mom got to hear our record before she passed away. That means a lot to me
because she was always really supportive of my music.” The thirteen songs that
comprise Proclaimer of Things are just a drop in the bucket, considering
how much Sidney has leaned on
songwriting to take her mind off things. “I feel like I can’t pick up the guitar without
writing a little melody. As therapy, we decided to keep recording. We dove into
the project to keep us sane, focused, and from going down the rabbit hole of
depression and self-pity.” Through it all, The
High Water Marks made an album that is positive, light, happy, and
meaningful. “I think my mom would approve of my method of dealing
with the grief of losing her.” Sidney
says with trademark optimism. Proclaimer of Things, the latest
album by The High Water Marks, is out
now on Minty Fresh. +++ The High Water Marks | Links ASSETS : FACEBOOK : INSTAGRAM : SPOTIFY : APPLE : MINTY FRESH +++ Josh Bloom at Fanatic
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