Highasakite playing in NYC
Last updated: 2/12/2013 //
Critically acclaimed Highasakite is playing two shows in NYC on March 20 and 21. The Norwegian Indie Pop band is quite busy these days, as they are ready to launch "The In and Out of Weeks EP", their first international release March 5, as well as they are playing at the SXSW Festival in Houston Texas. The two shows in NYC will be in both Brooklyn (Glasslands Gallery) and Manhattan (Mercury Lounge), and you don't want to miss out on these, as Highasakite very mell might be the most interesting Norwegian up and coming band right now. Highasakite just got their first Norwegian Grammy nomination for Best New Act, as they have already seduced the Norwegian music scene.
Highasakite Makes Indie Pop With a Twist - A Sparkling Cocktail Combining 60s American Rock, Norwegian Folk Music, Jazzy Drumming, Organic Synthesizers and Zither into a Bright, Buoyant Sound Highasakite inhabits their own rare musical landscape, a place of long dark shadows, sudden flashes of glittering light, brooding silences and unexpected explosions of fierce percussion. Ingrid Håvik’s surrealistic lyrics and ardent vocals float out of another time and place, drawing you down into the breathless maelstrom created by her band mates. Progressive rock, Norwegian folk music, jazzy tribal drumming, spaced out synthesizers, zither and autoharp come together to create a deep, mysterious resonance, echoing the sounds your hear in the midnight dreams that often seem more real than anything you experience during your waking hours. Imagine Phil Spector producing Cluster, with a dash of Radiohead on the side, and you’ll have the general idea, but Highasakite brings their own singular vision to the party.
Get tickets for the Glasslands show March 21 here: http://www.theglasslands.com/event/212991-highasakite-brooklyn/
and the Mercury Lounge Show March 20 here: http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/215063-highasakite-new-york