demo version of "(strolling though a) wasteland" by the say highs. musicians: guido kreutzmueller > main vocals, acoustic guitar & mandolin / dave mcginty > backing vocals & acoustic guitar / ramin bijan > bass & backing vocals / adrian krok > drums / leo auri > piano. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please click on www.thesayhighs.net or find us on facebook and reverbnation.
 

the say highs - (strolling though a) wasteland (demo)

demo version of "song for two" by the say highs from their forthcoming album "songs for two". musicians: dave mcginty > main vocals & acoustic guitar / guido kreutzmueller > backing vocals & lap steel / ramin bijan > bass / adrian krok > drums / leo auri > rhodes. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please click on www.thesayhighs.net or find us on facebook and reverbnation.

the say highs - song for two (demo)

demo version of "marching bands" by the say highs from their forthcoming album "songs for two". musicians: dave mcginty > main vocals & acoustic guitar / guido kreutzmueller > backing vocals, electric guitar & sound effects / ramin bijan > bass & backing vocals / adrian krok > drums & percussion / leo auri > rhodes & piano. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please click on www.thesayhighs.net or find us on facebook and reverbnation.

the say highs - marching bands (demo)

demo version of "i need time" by the say highs from their forthcoming album "songs for two". musicians: guido kreutzmüller / dave mcginty / ramin bijan / adrian krok / leo auri. produced by ramin bijan. for more information have a click on www.thesayhighs.net.


the say highs - i need time

"changing strings" by the say highs, a song featured on "the wired album", exclusively on limited edition cd and here on soundcloud for free download. musicians: guido kreutzmueller / dave mcginty / ramin bijan / herr spin. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please have a click on www.thesayhighs.net.

the say highs - changing strings

"days of blue" by the say highs, a song featured on "the bark is the song of the dog" from 2006. musicians: dave mcginty / guido kreutzmueller / ramin bijan / till kober. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please click on www.thesayhighs.net.

the say highs – days of blue

"floodwatersbig" by the say highs, a song featured on "the bark is the song of the dog" from 2006. musicians: guido kreutzmueller / dave mcginty / ramin bijan / till kober. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please click on www.thesayhighs.net. 

the say highs – floodwatersbig

song off "the wired album" by the say highs. also featured on the mercedes-benz mixed tape albums "blue mood" and "full spectrum". exclusively on limited edition cd and here on soundcloud for free download. musicians: guido kreutzmueller / dave mcginty / ramin bijan / herr spin. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please click on www.thesayhighs.net

the say highs – five on top

first single of the say highs' debut album "the bark is the song of the dog". musicians: guido kreutzmueller / dave mcginty / ramin bijan / till kober. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please click on www.thesayhighs.net

the say highs - telling you

second single of the say highs's debut album "the bark is the song of the dog". musicians: guido kreutzmueller / dave mcginty / ramin bijan / till kober. produced by ramin bijan. for more information please click on www.thesayhighs.net

the say highs - away games

Maximum Folk. The charm of the B-Side is in the modest and unassuming nature of the contract. Overshadowed by an intently populist and attention-seeking A-Side, the B-Side makes no claims on your expectations nor does it clamour to appease any whims of fashionable taste. The B-side exists simply to entice you with the possibility of serendipitous surprise and fantastical wonderment. The music of The Say Highs is equally capable of catching you off-guard, with catchy tunes that will sneak up on you quite unexpectedly and then lodge themselves most firmly & pleasantly in your head.
 
Since their establishment in Berlin, Germany in 2005 with a nucleus around Guido Kreutzmüller and David McGinty, the band have written and produced numerous B-Side songs in the best tradition of folk music and have performed at innumerable gigs in theatres, clubs and bars and shared the bill with acts like Kula Shaker, The Posies, Blumfeld, The Sea and Cake, Matt Keating, Slow Club, Jack Penate or The Twang.
 
There's no denying The Say Highs' love of casual. The particular appeal of their songs lies within the subtle breaks, the delicate twists and turns and the little details. Clever collages of sound evolve into fully-formed works of art in which playful and experimental counterpoints can be heard at every chord and every bar.
 
Smokey close harmony vocals juxtapose with jingle-jangling guitars, whilst at each turn pretty melodies and fleeting thoughts make themselves known, floating unassumingly on by through these understated B-Sides. All in all, the songs of The Say Highs present a duality not dissimilar to the two sides to a record; here are happy and sad, gritty yet tender, laid-back but impatient, songs for at home but also for the road, songs to dance to and songs to quietly meditate upon.
 
Can folk music find its voice in the big city? Does every biography write its own folk song ? Is quiet still the new loud? And is it still OK to mention love in chansons d'amour? The Say Highs' answer to all the above questions is an emphatic YES. Never more convinced.

THE SAY HIGHS