<p>What a year this has been for Brooklyn’s High Places. They put out two full-lengths, a ton of popular 7-inches, and emerge as one of <span class="caps">THE</span> band’s to watch in 2008. We not only watched, but heard plenty, especially this, their proper full-length debut (the previous offering was a collection of singles). <strong>Mary Pearson</strong>’s vocals and the haziness of the music impart an ethereal mood to the proceedings, but there’s also an unabashed pop sensibility throughout, alongside a surprisingly potent low end. The duo of Pearson and <strong>Robert Barber</strong> have expanded on that sound for their self-titled debut, and while some of the songs here are rhythmically charged and catchy (“Golden,” “The Storm”), there are also more forays into a drifting, almost ambient sound. These songs also feel more complex than their earlier work; they’re clearly looking to see where the style developed so memorably on those initial singles will take them. The result here is a defiantly textured ambient pop album, with reference points spanning everything from dance music to field recordings to the drifting spatial rock of, say, <strong>Califone</strong>. (Toby)</p>2008-09-21T16:11:50-04:00high-places-s-t3358472Music2008-09-21T16:11:50-04:00High Places: s/t2008-12-05T21:21:14-05:00Thrill Jockey
What a year this has been for Brooklyn's High Places. They put out two full-lengths, a ton of popular 7-inches, and emerge as one of THE band's to watch in 2008. We not only watched, but heard plenty, especially this, their proper full-length debut (the previous offering was a collection of singles). *Mary Pearson*’s vocals and the haziness of the music impart an ethereal mood to the proceedings, but there’s also an unabashed pop sensibility throughout, alongside a surprisingly potent low end. The duo of Pearson and *Robert Barber* have expanded on that sound for their self-titled debut, and while some of the songs here are rhythmically charged and catchy (“Golden,” “The Storm”), there are also more forays into a drifting, almost ambient sound. These songs also feel more complex than their earlier work; they’re clearly looking to see where the style developed so memorably on those initial singles will take them. The result here is a defiantly textured ambient pop album, with reference points spanning everything from dance music to field recordings to the drifting spatial rock of, say, *Califone*. (Toby)
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