“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 are prepping to release a new single “Jenny,” the band’s first new music since the 2020 release of “Ecstasy Rhymes,” its first album in 13 years.

“Jenny” arrives via Minty Fresh on Sept. 24th, 2021 and kicks off a series of singles that will culminate in another all-new album “Proclaimer of Things” on Feb. 4th, 2022.

Following-up 13 years 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. “‘Ecstasy Rhymes’ had been such a fun and positive experience, but it became an emotionally turbulent time since my mom was sick. The pandemic didn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon, and it was so discouraging.”

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 happy and 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.”

“Hilarie was on fire,” says Per Ole of Sidney’s songwriting pace. “I think these are the best she’s ever written. She has a couple of tunes that are true departures too, some really slow and psychedelic ones, in addition to the beautiful pop songs that have become her signature.

Through it all, Sidney (Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, and Drums) and the rest of The High Water Marks (Bratset on Vocals & Guitars, Logan Miller on Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals, & Drums, and Øystein Megård on Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, & Percussion) have 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. I hope that all of the positive energy and love that went into the making of this record will be felt by all who listen,” Sidney says with trademark optimism.

“Proclaimer of Things,” the latest album by The High Water Marks, is scheduled for release on Feb. 4th, 2022 on Minty Fresh.

Read more here: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/thehighwatermarks

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Pintandwefall announce new album Seventh Baby, share first single “Aihai” 
Seventh Baby is out 25th February 2022 on Vinyl/digital.

Pintandwefall reveal details of their new album, Seventh Baby, which arrives via Soliti on the 25th February 2022. 
Pintandwefall tells us of Seventh Baby "We started sending each other demos after the pandemic started and our previous album tour got cut short, and a lot of the songs coincidentally dealt with different aspects of everyday life with an absurd twist to them. We recorded the album within a 6-day period during the hottest days of early July, and it ended up becoming more guitar-driven than our previous albums, with some soft shoegaze moods in the mix. We were and are especially hyped about working with Liisa Tani, aka Sir Liselot, on this album, and her energy and unique touch can be heard throughout the songs. Also, it was about time to have an all female panel in the studio! We hope you will love listening to Seventh Baby as much as we loved making it <3"

Cute Pint tells us of  “Aihai” : “The song is about missing someone a lot, and wanting to ask them over because it’s been so long since you’ve seen them or anyone really, but you know you get all babbly and annoying when you’re excited or have been by yourself for too long so now you’re worried if they come over you’ll just ruin it somehow and they never want to spend time with you ever again.” 

“Aihai” is released on the 14th January 2022

Pintandwefall: Aihai

Come Home

Produced & Engineered by Corey Dickerson & Liz Fisher 
Additional engineering by Neil Turri, Jon Fintel, and Maddy Ciampa
Drums recorded at Amish Electric Chair Studios 

Mixed by Maddy Ciampa at Studio Orange in Columbus, OH
Mastered by Jon Fintel at Relay Recording in Columbus, OH

All songs written and performed by The Cordial Sins
All Lyrics by Liz Fisher

Liz Fisher - Vocals, Guitar, Violin, Synthesizer, Piano
Corey Dickerson - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Programming 
Nate Gelfand - Bass 
Michael Ortiz - Drums and aux percussion

Dog Days

"in a perfect state of mind" is the debut album of the 2-part band Perfect State Of Mind.

applause is due everywhere (run with me)

Written & Performed and produced by The Silent Era
Recorded at Small Pond, Brighton.
Engineered by Josh Riordan (assisted by Liisa Kiis)
Additional recordings at Secret Studios, North London.
Engineered by Bri Macanas and Nicolas Zappa
Mixed by Nicolas Zappa 
Mastered by Mark Roberts at Small Pond Recordings
Artwork by Alban Bizet

Heavy Cure

Dreams

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From the upcoming release Slow Salvation 'Here We Lie' out on 8/25 via Velvet Blue Music : cd/cass/lp.  Pre-order : https://velvetbluemusic.com/

Here We Lie

Slow Salvation - Here We Lie

Some Fantasy

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The Stargazer Lilies. TSL’s second album, Door to the Sun, released on Graveface Records in Spring of 2016, followed by a gruelling tour schedule. After dates in Latin America, The Stargazer Lilies produced an album’s worth of live performance via a Part-Time Punks session, released to digital and vinyl. Never folks to rest on their laurels, John and Kim have teamed up to produce this richly-textured exclusive track for our compilation. https://dkfmshoegaze.bandcamp.com/

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