High Places - High Places vs. Mankind [2010]

High Places - High Places vs. Mankind [2010 / 320 / 91 Mb]






High Places vs. Mankind is the second long-playing album from Mary Pearson and Rob Barber. The title accurately suggests the album will take a slightly altered course from the “goodness as growth reflected in nature” motif of the band’s eponymous debut (Thrill Jockey, September 2008). Instead, Mary and Rob are tackling the complex, gigantic subject of being human and what it’s like to interact with other human beings. The album’s subject matter covers a wide range; from romantic relationships to overcoming addiction, aging, and finally death in the closing track “When It Comes.”

A digital single released on Halloween entitled “I Was Born” (perhaps ironically addressing the subject of birth as a precursor to the album?) demonstrated Rob and Mary using more standard instrumentation than the two had employed in the past. In High Places vs. Mankind, guitars play an important role, and here the band has often kept them sounding like guitars. Mary’s vocals are less effected and more present. But many aspects of the High Places sound and aesthetic remain intact. One hears dance rhythms, stereo effects, accessible melodies, dub influence, and as always, a love of layering and of combining the unexpected into something cohesive and new.

In early 2010, High Places will release a second digital single and video before collecting both on a 12” that will feature additional and unreleased remixes. The band will tour North America and Europe this spring in support of High Places vs. Mankind, due out on Thrill Jockey Records on April 6th.

Tracklist:

01. The Longest Shadows
02. On Giving Up
03. She's a Wild Horse
04. The Channon
05. Canada
06. Constant Winter
07. On a Hill in a Bed on a Road in a House
08. Drift Slayer
09. The Most Beautiful Name
10.When It Comes



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