The High Water Marks

The High Water Marks is an indie rock band associated with the Elephant 6 collective. The band has two lead creative members, Hilarie Sidney and Per Ole Bratset, who co-write the band's music.

Band history

Hilarie Sidney, drummer for The Apples in Stereo and Per Ole Bratset of the band Palermo met during an Apples in Stereo performance in Oslo, Norway. The two became friends and began recording songs together through the mail before deciding to record together in the United States.^[1] During this time, the band's debut album Songs About the Ocean was recorded with Sidney and Bratset performing all of the instruments themselves.

Sidney and Bratset, now married, were joined by Jim Lindsay (former Oranger member and Preston School of Industry contributor) and Mike Snowden (known for his work in Von Hemmling and Real Numbers) to play drums and bass, respectively. With this four member lineup, The High Water Marks recorded the album Polar, which was released September 2007.

In 2012, The High Water Marks released "Pretending to be Loud" digitally as a free download through their own bandcamp website. The album got a physical release the same year on Jigsaw Records. Pretending to be Loud was recorded as duo with Hilarie Sidney and Per Bratset playing all the instruments.

Band members

• Per Ole Bratset – guitar, bass, lead vocals
• Hilarie Sidney – guitar, drums, keyboards, lead vocals

Discography

• Songs About the Ocean (2004), Eenie Meenie Records CD/12" (US) and Racing Junior (Europe)
• Polar (2007), Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records CD
• Arivar Sullimer (2009), The Fox Pop Recording co. Cassette
• Split 7" with Love Letter Band (2010), Happy Happy Birthday to me Records. 7"
• Pretending to be Loud (2012), Jigsaw Records CD
• Annual Rings EP (2013), Peoples King Recording Company, Digital Download

References

External links

• The High Water Marks at MySpace
• The High Water Marks on Bandcamp
• Hilarie Sidney interview at Optical Atlas