High Places

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High Places is a musical group from Brooklyn. The band is a duo comprising multi-instrumentalist Rob Barber and vocalist Mary Pearson.

[edit] Career

Rob is from Philadelphia. Mary is from Kalamazoo. After opening for Japanther at a Michigan show Mary visited Brooklyn for two days and met Rob, who was teaching printmaking at the Pratt Institute. In 2006 she moved to Brooklyn and the band was formed. [1]

After playing some shows for Todd P in Brooklyn the band embarked on their first tour.[1]

Having received a fair amount of online acclaim, [2] in January 2008 the band was one of just two selected by eMusic to inaugurate its new eMusic Selects feature to promote particularly noteworthy unsigned or underrepresented artists. [3]

In May 2008 it was announced that the band had signed with Chicago independent label Thrill Jockey for the release of their debut full-length album due September 23 2008. [4]

In June 2008 the band embarked on their first European tour.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b high places q&a. 17dots.com (2008-02-12). Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  2. ^ Drosin, Adam. "Album reviews", Washington Square News, 2008-02-22. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. "deafening buzz" 
  3. ^ Cohen, Peter. "New EMusic Feature Spotlights Artists", Macworld, 2008-02-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 
  4. ^ a b Solarski, Matthew (2008-05-01). High Places Sign to Thrill Jockey, Prep Debut Album. Pitchfork. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.

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