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Thursday, April 14, 2022
New book about Elephant 6 Recording Co. includes co-founder Hilarie Sidney who now carries era’s sound forward with The High Water Marks.
Sidney chats with MAGNET about collective’s early days,
new video she created for psychedelic single “Fingers and Trees Are Only
Temporary.” +++
The High Water Marks (L-R): Logan
Miller, Hilarie Sidney, Per Ole Bratset, Øystein Megård. Photo credit: Self-Portraits, Illustration by Per Ole
Bratset. +++
The High Water Marks | “Fingers and
Trees Are Only Temporary”
[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnAl1zE0OM [STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheHighWaterMarks-FingersAndTreesAreOnlyTemporary +++ The recently released book “Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History Of The Elephant 6 Mystery,”
written by Philadelphia-based journalist Adam
Clair, documents the elusive Elephant
6 collective co-founded by Hilarie
Sidney, who now leads The High Water
Marks. “I’ve read parts of it,” she recently
toldMAGNET Magazine. “This
sounds terrible, but it’s a little boring for me—because I was there.” MAGNET also recently
premieredSidney’s self-created
video for The High Water Marks
single “Fingers and Trees Are Only
Temporary,” which can be viewed at the link above. In its
earlier premiere coverage of the song, 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.” +++ 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 | In The Press
“An earworm melody nestled in fuzzy indie rock
production.” — Brooklyn Vegan “Clock-stopping, pulse-raising mega-pop.” — UNCUT “Complex and considered arrangements... Sugar-coated
melodies to spare.” — Pitchfork “Beautifully warm, catchy, high-energy... garage pop
for the masses.” — PASTE “Potent melodies and propulsive hooks. An irresistible
power pop gem.” — Under The Radar “Giddy pop... Punchy songwriting... Undeniably sunny.”
— Westword (Denver) “Overtly tuneful, with hints of post-punk grit and
wistful psychedelia.” — MAGNET “Get a fix of the exquisitely crafted brand of lo-fi
rock.” — PopMatters +++ 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
| VIDEO) 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 | “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!” +++ The High Water Marks | “Fantastic
Machine”
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