Hailing from Oslo, Norway, Highaskite create the kind of sparkling orchestral-pop that encourages you to look at the world with shiny fresh eyes. Lifted from their second album, Silent Treatment, "Hiroshima" is a slow build that weirdly reminds me a bit of "New Slang," if The Shins had a taste for the epic. And they were really into Christmas. And they were fronted by a whimsical dream babe called Ingrid whose vocals are rich like brandy-laced double cream, but also light like a meringue. (Yeah, okay, I'm hungry.)Listen to "Hiroshima" below and read their Firsties and Faves.
I remember hitting the girl next door with a rope with a hook on the end. She cried, and I felt terrible, and I think my mom literally burst into flames.First song your wrote?
I wrote my first song when I was 19. I used a poem by Emily Dickinson. I don't know what it was about, because Emily writes too difficult English for me to understand.First drug?
Does cigarettes count? I smoked my first cigarette when I was 10 next to a barn because I was friends with a girl that was three years older than me. I told my brother when I came home. He thought it was a dumb thing to do.First serious accident?
I jumped down from a brick wall once when I was six or something. It really hurt, but I didn't break anything, and I went home and my mom took care of it with Band-Aid and stuff, and when I went back out I used two bicycle pumps as crutches, and told everyone they were real crutches that the doctor gave me.Favorite person on earth?
My boyfriend, because he`s my boyfriend.Favorite thing in your house?
My bed. It's warm and soft.Favorite word?
Yes! It's easy to pronounce.Favorite food?
Indian food and traditional Norwegian food.Favorite fictional character?
I really like Alabama Withman from True Romance. I don't know why, she is just so cool.Favorite button on a keyboard?
The on and off button. First way to see if it survived the sometimes rocky path to a venue.Highasakite Tour Dates:3.11 - Austin, TX - SXSW
3.14 - Austin, TX - SXSW
3.17 - New York, NY - Mercury LoungeFor Highasakite European dates click here.Silent Treatment is out on 4.8 on Propeller Recordings.Kim is Noisey's Style Editor and she's on Twitter - @theKTB.
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First kiss?Ingrid:My first kiss was when i was 11 years old, inatruth or dare challenge. None of us wanted to, and I felt like i had wasted my first kiss.First physical fight?
I remember hitting the girl next door with a rope with a hook on the end. She cried, and I felt terrible, and I think my mom literally burst into flames.First song your wrote?
I wrote my first song when I was 19. I used a poem by Emily Dickinson. I don't know what it was about, because Emily writes too difficult English for me to understand.First drug?
Does cigarettes count? I smoked my first cigarette when I was 10 next to a barn because I was friends with a girl that was three years older than me. I told my brother when I came home. He thought it was a dumb thing to do.First serious accident?
I jumped down from a brick wall once when I was six or something. It really hurt, but I didn't break anything, and I went home and my mom took care of it with Band-Aid and stuff, and when I went back out I used two bicycle pumps as crutches, and told everyone they were real crutches that the doctor gave me.Favorite person on earth?
My boyfriend, because he`s my boyfriend.Favorite thing in your house?
My bed. It's warm and soft.Favorite word?
Yes! It's easy to pronounce.Favorite food?
Indian food and traditional Norwegian food.Favorite fictional character?
I really like Alabama Withman from True Romance. I don't know why, she is just so cool.
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The on and off button. First way to see if it survived the sometimes rocky path to a venue.Highasakite Tour Dates:3.11 - Austin, TX - SXSW
3.14 - Austin, TX - SXSW
3.17 - New York, NY - Mercury LoungeFor Highasakite European dates click here.Silent Treatment is out on 4.8 on Propeller Recordings.Kim is Noisey's Style Editor and she's on Twitter - @theKTB.