The High Water Marks (L-R): Per Ole
Bratset, Hilarie Sidney, Øystein Megård, Logan Miller.
Photo credit: Photograph by Amanda Burford. Illustration by Per Ole Bratset.
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The High Water Marks | “Trouble
From The East”
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“This song is basically about chilling the fuck out,”
says Hilarie Sidney about “Trouble From The East,” the first single
from Your
Next Wolf, the third album in less than three years by her Norway-based
band The High Water Marks. Your
Next Wolf is scheduled for
release via the Chicago-based label Minty
Fresh on June 9, 2023.
Sidney is best-known as the sole female co-founder of the revered Elephant 6 Recording Co. (recently the subject of a festival circuit documentary and best-selling book) and former
drummer and co-founder of The Apples In
Stereo, one of the collective’s cornerstone bands (along with Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control.)
Sidney continues, “We aren’t a political band, but politics affects us all.
2022 was an insane year over here in Europe with the Ukraine war. In Norway, we
border Russia (our trouble from the north and east) and especially in the
beginning, there were a few times we thought there was a nuclear threat.
“People are angry and scared. We just want to see
everyone calm down and enjoy what we have. Our little blip of time in this
world should be marked with what we did to spread joy, what we did to help, and
what we did to try to make a difference in ourselves and the people around us.
“It’s been crazy. Right after the war started, there
was an attack on a nuclear facility in Ukraine. Then Russia started talking
about using nuclear weapons. Norway’s national guard inspected every single
bomb shelter in the country to see if they were up to code and repair/replace
anything needed. It was really scary!”
Members of The
High Water Marks are available for interview. Please contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for more
info.
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The High Water Marks | In The Press
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