The High Dials will release new album “In the A.M. Wilds” worldwide via Fontana North/Universal on February 3, 2015. Expect a sneak peak track before the Xmas holidays!
Tracklisting:
01 – Echoes and Empty Rooms
02 – Desert Tribe
03 – Yestergraves
04 – Impossible Things
05 – The Barroom Fisher King
06 – Flower On The Vine
07 – Amateur Astronomer
08 – D.U.I.
09 – On Again, Off Again
10 – Afterparty
11 – Evil Twin
12 – Club Stairs
13 – Lake Of Light
14 – Blank Spaces On The Map
The High Dials make their long-awaited return to the USA this week on the heels of a lengthy tour of the UK and Ireland. All dates are with The Get Real Gang (ex-Dr. Dog). Tour includes a CMJ showcase on Saturday.
Thursday, Oct 23 – Cambridge, MA
TT The Bear’s Place
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Friday, Oct 24 – Philadelphia, PA
Johnny Brenda’s
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Saturday, Oct 25 – CMJ -Brooklyn, NY
Union Hall
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Sunday, Oct 26 – Arlington, VA
IOTA Club & Cafe
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Advance copies of their new album “In the A.M. Wilds” will be for sale exclusively at these shows, along with their recent “Desert Tribe” EP.
UK fans who’ve been patiently waiting for a High Dials return since the band’s last tour with the BJM many moons ago may now cease waiting patiently. The band just announced a string of UK dates and even a pop over to Ireland!
Sept. 25…..Leeds Tickets
Sept. 27…..Glasgow Tickets
Sept. 28…..Newcastle Tickets
Sept. 30…..Manchester Tickets
Oct. 1……..Birmingham Tickets
Oct. 2……..London Tickets
Oct. 3……..London Tickets
Oct. 4……..Wrexham Tickets
Oct. 5……..Bristol Tickets
Oct. 8……..Dublin, IRL Event info
Oct. 10……Bray, IRL
Oct. 11……London, UK (Headlining) Tickets
The UK leg will be as support act for The Besnard Lakes with the notable exception of the Northern Star Records Weekender in Brixton where the High Dials will be headlining what promises to be a killer 10th anniversary party.
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 follows 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, this should surprise as thoroughly as last year’s did and it offers a tantalizing glimpse of what to 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 video for “Yestergraves” premiered on Brooklyn Vegan this week.
The Yestergraves EP is available on iTunes and Bandcamp. You also get it free when you pre-order the upcoming High Dials album or any other exclusives via Pledge Music.
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
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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!
At the end of 2011, over a few warm Christmas wines whilst listening to Hall & Oates on repeat, the High Dials made a big decision. It was time to take a serious break. Rather than simply drift into a new album project, the band made a promise to one another- to indulge in some creative exploration without expectations or any timetable; to break as many unconscious rules as possible and see where the muse might lead them – hopefully exciting new and unvisited places.
On Oct. 30th, almost two years down the road, the self-imposed exile finally came to an end as long-time members Trevor Anderson, Robbie MacArthur and George Donoso took to a stage in Montreal to unveil some new material (and a couple of new musicians, Sheenah and Charles, on keys and bass). Other than a brief studio teaser and cool Stones cover, this has been the only sound the world has heard from the High Dials in, well, bloody ages!
And if you weren’t lucky enough to be at that beautiful gig Wednesday, you will get two more chances in the coming days. The High Dials perform at the M for Montreal festival on November 22 at L’Esco (the site of their last pre-break performance) and November 29 at CFC.
The non-Montreal world will also get to hear new sounds that week as the High Dials will be releasing three new songs via their Bandcamp page for exclusive download.
Stay tuned for the Yestergraves EP – a first taste of their long-promised new full-length album.
