High Places

VINYL FORMAT. Olympia, Washington's enjoying some of the best bands in the country again, and out from the basement comes Gun Outfit's High Places 12-inch. The group's timeless, dueling guitar work twists and braids with melody around the trading vocalists, hypnotizing a growing legion of true believers stateside and abroad. Guitarists Carrie Keith and Dyland Sharp shred with patience and deliberation, casting spells with the grace and power of Patti Smith or Hüsker Dü, the lyricism and six-string tenacity of Felt or Television. After last year's triumphant Possession Sounds LP, High Places is a bright, open page in Gun Outfit's continuing songbook. Four songs and an empty room—you'll sit close to the needle to put it on over and over again.