DOWNLOAD: High Places - From Stardust to Sentience
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"I don't listen to anything on the headphones. Never. I don't get on with headphones." When I read those lines in a recent interview with Jason Pierce of narco-gospel gods Spiritualized, I remember thinking, "Yeah, me neither, Spaceman. Let's start a club." But after listening to this track from High Places' self-titled album on Thrill Jockey, I'm going to hold off for now on drawing up the charter and finishing the secret handshake. I'm always hesitant to throw around loaded terms like "soundscape" and "ambient," but I think that these guys get pretty damn close. Listen as the claustrophobic typewriter-snares phase from left to right and fight for sonic space, and try to pick out each instrument before it drowns in the Great Sea of Reverb. Extra points for no headphones.
Sounds Like: Panda Bear, Atlas Sound, El Guincho
Download: High Places - From Stardust to Sentience
