Norwegian indie rock five-piece, Highasakite will be making their debut visit to Australia this coming September, performing two shows at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on Thursday 18th September and Melbourne’s Howler on Saturday 20th September.
Highasakite’s latest album Silent Treatment (out now thru Caroline Australia) has been garnering irrefutably favourable reviews across the Norwegian press, and the positivity has well and truly gone international. Intertwining fresh, soaring vocals around synths, guitars and percussion, the result is a delightfully folk-inflected, expansive sound layered with a lush instrumentation. Lead singer Ingrid Helene Håvik displays a vocal lustre that hovers somewhere between light and shade; drawing comparisons to Lykke Li and Bjork.
The band formed after Håvik met drummer Trond Bersu at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory and began to write, record and perform together. Starting as a duo, they soon recruited producer Thomas Dahl to help out on bass and guitar, while also adding Øystein Skar to play synthesizer and eventually Marte Eberson, also on synths and Kristoffer Lo on guitar, flugabone and percussion. Before long, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) jumped on board as a huge supporter after seeing them at Norway’s Øya Festival in 2012 and consequently took them out on tour with him.
To celebrate their visit to Australia, Tone Deaf are giving readers the chance to win a Highasakite prizepack, which features a copy of their new LP on CD and a double pass to see the band in the city of their choice. Enter your details below to win!
Tour Dates
Thursday 18th September | Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (18+)
Saturday 20th September | Howler, Melbourne (18+)
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