High Highs

Overview

Sydney boy Jack Milas left home for Brooklyn about three years ago, armed with a guitar, a killer falsetto and a head full of tunes. Six months later, his friend and musical collaborator, Oli Chang, followed on his heels. At the time, the two had completed just one song together, the original version of which, according to Milas, "no one will ever hear'".

This summer they're returning as High Highs, with a pile of flashy reviews from the likes of NME and The Guardian under one arm and a management deal with Elton John's Rocket Music under the other. Their folksy and lyrical yet grounded combination of honeyed harmonies, subtly arranged synths and dashes of acoustic rock has been garnering quite a following both in New York and online.

Apart from a handful of early gigs at the now sadly boarded-up Hopetoun Hotel, High Highs "haven't really played a proper show in Australia". They'll certainly be making up for it this visit, as they drop their debut LP just days before appearances at the Laneway Festival and satellite shows in Sydney and Melbourne.