Shot at dawn in Spahn Ranch, the one-time home base for Charles Manson and the Family, where there are still were old rusty signs with bullet holes in them. The song is “Altos Lugares” off their upcoming LP Original Colors on Thrill Jockey Records.
“The album’s ten tracks are full of driving bass pulses, syncopated dance rhythms, and the binding force of Mary’s mezzo-soprano vocals. Recorded in the band’s home studios in Los Angeles, Original Colors is dotted with sun-drenched references to Australia’s inimitable foliage, the expansive desert of Northern Mexico, and the crystal, blue waters of the Indian Ocean. Such allusions are presented over a bed of swirling stereo rhythms and infectious melodies. Each track possesses a unique texture and emotion that serve to create a variegated yet unified album of some of High Places’ finest work to date.”
