Music Blog Quick Before It Melts premiered a new track from “In the A.M. Wilds” today – “On Again, Off Again”, which you may remember from the band’s in-studio videos posted on Pledge Music.
According to Trevor, “The song was built with an old drum machine, a live performance and some phone software. Our favourite part was the vintage ‘Fun Machine’ keyboard which they have at Troublemakers Studio. Lots of 12-string guitar in the arrangement too!”
The High Dials announced their follow up to 2013’s “Yestergraves” today via Exclaim! The “Desert Tribe” EP is available via Bandcamp, iTunes and most major digital outlets.
The new EP features the title track plus 2 exclusive B-sides and 2 remixes.
Musically it begins following in the footsteps of its predecessor before veering off into exciting new places where there are no High Dials footsteps at all.
For longtime fans, the new music should surprise as thoroughly as last year’s did and it offers a tantalizing glimpse of what we might expect on the long-awaited new album.
The Desert Tribe EP is a free download when you pre-order the album on Pledge.
The Pledge pre-order campaign for the new High Dials album is chugging along. Thank-you to everyone who has hopped aboard! There are lots of cool things to reward you for your support. The band has posted a couple of fly-on-the-wall videos for pledgers and remember, the EP download is free with every pre-order.
Check out this sneak peak of new song “On Again, Off Again” in studio.
A new High Dials album is coming! Starting today, it can be pre-ordered along with all kinds of other cool stuff via Pledge Music
Want the High Dials to play in your living room? This can be arranged.
Click through to “EXCLUSIVES” to see everything on offer to fans. Every pre-order comes with the Yestergraves digital EP *FREE* (immediately) plus digital EP 2 *FREE* (coming in May).
Pledgers get album updates first and access to all kinds of behind-the-scenes goodies like studio videos, demos and remixes.
Everybody at High Dials HQ is excited to share the album journey with fans as the release date gets nearer!
EP number 2 is coming soon, and watch for the High Dials at Canadian Music Week in Toronto where they will take the stage with legendary power-poppers You Am I!
While the High Dials busy themselves putting the final touches on an upcoming album (release date imminent!), their back catalogue of spaced-out pop continues to drift out into the wider world.
The band is currently enjoying mainstream exposure through the popular Netflix series “House of Cards”. Listen for their song “Uruguay” off of 2010’s “Anthems for Doomed Youth” in episode 208 of Season 2, released last week!
With little advance notice to fans, The High Dials ended a long period of creative introspection that almost broke up the band today with the launch of the Yestergraves EP via their Bandcamp page.
This is the first of two EPs planned by the group as they work towards releasing their new full-length LP in 2014.
The songs were recorded in fits and starts over the past year with producer Marc Bell in Montreal.
Hear the finished fruit of High Dials labour in all its cassette-warm glory here and spread the love.
The official launch for the EP happens Friday, November 29th in Montreal at Centre Fusion Culturel.
And watch this space for the Yestergraves official video, coming very soon!
