High Horse

The most wonderful time of the year? I think so! We think so over here at the High Horse. Only our second year in existence and we had a good year. We have grown the family and inner circle. We have survived moving across the sea and back. We have put down roots in the Land of Enchantment (enquire within if you want to send us an ARC or an album or a care package! We’d welcome it!)

But let’s get on with it. Our December playlist has been compiled by Hank, our birthday boy. An Xmas baby (poor thing)! An incident that has given him delusions of grandeur. Speaking of delusions of grandeur, we have high hopes for the coming year(s). Oh yeah, the playlist:

• Jonathan Henley has a ripping new record, Dirty Time. We first heard about him from the Mashed Potato Records compilation, the inimitable crew we’ve written a lot about.
• Cameron Winter is fucking wild. Harsh and disorientating at first, but, like much of our favorite art, it eventually really sinks its claws into you. And his rock and roll band Geese music is also something to dig into!
• Jessica Pratt is getting the attention that she has always deserved. What a beautiful and strange album… and artist.
• Aaron Dooley appeared on our radar and this whole album is wonderfully moody and unpredictable.
• Jeff Parker (formerly of Tortoise, etc. )and the ETA IVtet has a fantastic new live album “The Way out of Easy”
• Australian whistling sensation, Molly Lewis has a track with Thee Sacred Souls from her new album “On The Lips”

All of this and more! Yes, thanks for sticking with us this year. We put out a lot of amazing work from artists… many who have become friends! This is why we love laboring over this. And this coming year, we’d like to spend more time with you all. This could take the shape of workshops, writing retreats, readings (in person / online)… we got some new stuff on the horizon. Bare with us. We are still a small operation but we put a lot of love into this.

Thanks to our intern, KH who didn’t get credit where she deserved for our last playlist. It was a team effort but we forgot to put her name on it. Thanks to the team and all of the writers / artists who have helped us out this year. Onward!