New Jersey noisegazers High. have released their new single “In A Hole“, alongside a music video.
The track serves as the lead single of their upcoming sophomore EP, Come Back Down, due to be released on January 24, 2025 via Kanine Records. Pre-order it here.
With a greater expression of sonic range, Come Back Down offers more noise, more hooks, more heaviness and more emotion. The sad is sadder, and the love is more in love. More songs about loss and being lost.
“In A Hole,” begins with a wall of guitars as powerful as the emotions behind it. Inspired by finding friendship and community amid trauma and hardship, the band excavates difficult memories of their past to match their heaviest guitar work to date.
Lead vocalist Christian Castan says:
“’In A Hole’ is inspired by meeting our group of friends. It’s about being depressed and the people close to you dragging you out of it. It’s about the peace and belonging I used to dream about during childhood trauma and finally finding it. There’s a lyric – ‘These are the new stars, they burst alive.’ It’s about living life at its best and never wanting that feeling to end.”
The video, directed by Aleko Syntelis, stars the band performing at a DIY show in Brooklyn. About the experience of making the video, Castan says:
“We shot this video during a rooftop show in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on the first night of our tour with Birthday Girl. It was the last weekend of summer with hella New Jersey heads, some new friends, Keg stands, and the New York Skyline. Sh*t was nuts, someone downstairs tried to shut us down. Aleko captured our live set and we hope anyone who sees this gets what that night felt like.”
Watch /listen below.
Come Back Down Tracklisting:
- In A Hole
- Catcher
- George
- Flowers
- Dead
- Painbox
- Lifetime
- Bomber
Catch HIGH. Live
SEP 29 – Trans-Pecos – Ridgewood, Queens
OCT 4 – The VFW – Egg Harbor, NJ
NOV 9 – The Sanctuary – Butler, NJ with Lip Critic
