The High Highs, The Low Lows

by Koester

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1.
Vow 03:04
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2.
One Day You Too Will Bleed 03:08
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3.
The Roman Coin 03:06
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4.
Richard, It's Time 03:31
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5.
Transistor Sister 03:22
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6.
The Blood Red Poppies of October 05:13
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Mrs. Saturday Night Special 03:16
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Jesus of the Hammer 04:34
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Jennifer Tiger Hug 00:54
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10.
Flowering Judas 06:02
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The second album from the rock band Koester, originally released on Pitch-a-Tent Records in 2003.

From Amazon: "if you dug the first koester record, which i did, this one's a real eye-opener: whereas 'oh turpentine' was a wee-hours, insomniac's tour of past romantic conquests and libidinous lost opportunities, 'high highs' is a blast of morning sunlight through a grimy bedroom window. less stripped down, more diverse -- with more rockers, and an almost 80s techno feel at times -- 'high highs' takes on familiar koester themes in engagingly unfamiliar ways. there's a sense here of conflicting genres being wrestled into submission, and, thankfully, they refuse to comply: the keyboard is, weirdly, king on this record, and provides the record's extreme moods, laying down pastoral orchestral overblow a la led zeppelin on 'blood red poppies' and busting out the kraftwerkian teutonic funk on 'vow' and 'transistor sister.' a truly ambitious, ante-upping sophomore effort from a fine songwriter, with heady production from sparklehorse-associate alan weatherhead."

credits

released March 3, 2003

All songs by S. Koester, © Herr K Songs 2003.
Produced by Alan Weatherhead and Steve Koester.
Steve Koester: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Alan Weatherhead: Guitars, Keyboards, Strings
Tim Buckley: Guitars, Harmony Vocals
John Daniels: Bass
Miguel Urbiztondo: Drums

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Two Dark Birds Woodstock, New York

A band from the Catskill Mountains. Singer-songwriter Steve Koester is joined by Jason Mills, Don Piper, Jude Webre & other fine musicians.

“Strange & beautiful, heard best with a beer in hand beneath a star-punched sky.“ Nylon

“Poised, structured, self-aware, ambitious.” DVeight

"There's a magic to it, a kind of backwoods witchery." Culture Collide

“Subdued and moving.“ The Big Takeover ... more

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