The High Dials want to thank all of the friends, fans and supporters who inspired the band and helped them make music in 2010. The new year is looking slightly less doomed.

You can catch the band live on the following dates:

January 14, 2011 Detroit, MI
(@ the Magic Stick w/ Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor & Obilisk)

January 15, 2011 Chicago, IL
(@ Double Door, 8:30pm EARLY SHOW)

January 16, 2011 Dayton, OH
(@ Southpark Tavern w/ Lab Partners)

January 17, 2011 Columbus, OH
(@ Carabar w/ Lab Partners & Main Street Gospel)

January 18, 2011 Toronto, ON
(@ The Horseshoe w/ The Vaccines, 9pm FREE EARLY SHOW)

January 28, 2011 Montreal, QC
(@ Quai-des-Brumes w/ Passwords & Sonic Avenues)

January 29, 2011 New York City, NY
(@ Party Expo in Brooklyn)

“Anthems for Doomed Youth” makes a great Christmas gift for yourself and/or other doomed youths you may know. You can purchase it via the official High Dials store. We’ve also reduced all our t-shirts by 20% for the capitalist season. Get ’em now!

“Anthems for Doomed Youth” was not a typical recording experience.

In the winter of 2010, the High Dials settled into an eerie and unusual setting to craft their music – the Donnacona building, former digs of the Canadian navy. Many nautical metaphors would ensue as they set sail on this new adventure.

Each song on “Anthems for Doomed Youth” has its own story, from the moment it was written to the day it was mastered and everything in between.

Trevor, Robbie and Eric share some tales of writing, rehearsing and recording the album in this song-by-song guide to the new release. Enjoy!

We’ll be unveiling songs from “Anthems for Doomed Youth” on this website over the coming weeks. Be sure to check back from time to time. For instant 21st century-speed updates, follow the High Dials on Twitter.

Go ahead and press play for “Chinese Boxes”! We encourange the truly dedicated High Dialians among you to click “< / >” on the player below, get the embed code and add High Dials music to your blog, facebook, myspace or wherever this song is needed!

Chinese Boxes by The High Dials

The High Dials release their 4th LP, “Anthems for Doomed Youth” on Rainbow Quartz Records in North America in November.

Check out the creepy teaser for the record filmed while the band was recording in the abandoned naval headquarters they made their temporary home (below).

The best part about this new release is that fans will finally be able to enjoy the music on their turntables! A limited run of vinyl LPs is being pressed. Be sure to order them early, as they will certainly sell out quickly. CD and vinyl copies can be pre-ordered HERE. Preorders are automatically entered in a draw to win a High Dials prize pack.

The High Dials whisked their new recordings (and probably a few ghosts) out of their shadowy Montreal ballroom and into New York City this week, for mixing sessions with Michael Musmanno.

This is not the first time the band has worked with Musmanno, who first caught the band’s ear with his killer production on records by former label-mates Lilys. Cast your mind back through the fogs of time to the distant year 2004. The High Dials had only just released their first album and Musmanno leant his studio wizardry to remixes on the “Fields in Glass EP”.

The band had always wished to collaborate with him again and six years on, all the relevant stars aligned. After 5 long nights bunkered down together under the Brooklyn Bridge (literally), with all manner of rare rock n roll machinery and only the coolest contraptionry, the new High Dials record took its final shape. All involved are quite excited about the results!

Look for a teaser clip and some sneak previews on this site soon…

Release details are being finalised as this item uploads, and as always, dear Dialian, you will be the first to know.