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Review: High Places-High Places

Sep 30, 2008, 10:34pm

Fabakis is comin' to you with a new album review. Today it's: High Places- High Places (2008 Thrill Jockey) Brooklyn duo High Places (comprised of Rob Barker and Mary Pearson) have been much hyped since their formation in May 2006. On September 23 their self-titled debut album finally dropped courtesy of Thrill Jockey Records. The first adjective I thought of when listening to High Places is "organic". The soundscapes, though primarily synthesized, seem to blossom and grow until the samples [...]

Artists: Brooklyn, DEBUT!, High Places

Tags: review, Uncategorized, electronic, high places, experimental, Brooklyn, self-titled, debut, hipster, tree, Thrill Jockey, Mary Pearson, papaya year, rob barker

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