The High Water Marks to support Pavement in Norway; New book, upcoming film about Elephant 6 Collective features influential co-founder Hilarie Sidney.

After 12 years away, band plans Spring 2023 release of third “comeback” album; See “Fantastic Machine” from “Proclaimer of Things” at Under The Radar now.
 
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Is The High Water Marks an all-guitar band?!

 
(L-R): Logan Miller, Hilarie Sidney, Per Ole Bratset, Øystein Megård
 
Photo credit: Self-Portraits, Illustration by Per Ole Bratset
 
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The High Water Marks | Live
 

 
Pavement welcomes The High Water Marks as direct support on Sun. Oct. 30 at Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway
 
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The High Water Marks | “Fantastic Machine”
  

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmk429rOUqw
 
Proclaimer of Things is the second full-length in less than two years from The High Water Marks, following a (too long!) 12-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.
 
Under The Radar premiered the video for one the album’s most popular songs “Fantastic Machine” earlier this year, a song the band says, “is just a little bit of the things that make you sick. It’s about the fantastic machine that is the social media, a monster that we created without realizing it.”
 
Now, the work of The High Water Marks continues, as the band is currently close to completion of its third “comeback” album.
 
Bratset says, “We've got some great riffs and some real bangers. Some of these songs were actually recorded in-person for the first time ever, so that was kind of a big deal. It will be our third record in three years, so obviously the chemistry is right.... or we don't like uncomfortable silences!”
 
Sidney offers her perspective in haiku form:
 
This brand new album
Full of sonic hooks and joy
Happiness abounds
 
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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 | VIDEO)
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. Someone’s Song
12. Reason vs. Truth (STREAM)
13. We Are Going to Kentucky
 
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The High Water Marks | In The Press
 

“An earworm melody.” — Brooklyn Vegan
 
“Clock-stopping, pulse-raising mega-pop.” — UNCUT
 
“Sugar-coated melodies to spare.” — Pitchfork
 
“Catchy, high-energy... garage pop for the masses.” — PASTE
 
“An irresistible power pop gem.” — Under The Radar
 
“Undeniably sunny.” — Westword (Denver)
 
“Post-punk grit and wistful psychedelia.” — MAGNET
 
“Exquisitely crafted.” — PopMatters
 
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The High Water Marks | “Fingers and Trees Are Only Temporary”
  

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnAl1zE0OM
 
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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,” Sidney recently told MAGNET Magazine. “This sounds terrible, but it’s a little boring for me—because I was there.” Sidney will also be seen in the upcoming documentary film about Elephant 6.
 
MAGNET also recently premiered Sidney’s self-created video for The High Water Marks single “Fingers and Trees Are Only Temporary,” which can be viewed at the link above.
 
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The High Water Marks | Links
 
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