High (Royal Headache album) explained

High
Type:Studio album
Artist:Royal Headache
Border:yes
Released:21 August 2015
Recorded:2015
Genre:Punk rock
Length:28:45
Label:What's Your Rupture?
Prev Title:Royal Headache
Prev Year:2011

High is the second and final studio album by Australian punk rock band Royal Headache, released on 21 August 2015 by What's Your Rupture?.

Recording

There was a gap of over two years between the beginning and end of recording. Sukit said, "About the end of 2012 we forced ourselves to go in record a new record and tracked everything. I think we were all a bit exhausted by the year and we listened back to it and we all thought it was a bit shit. So we lost motivation to work on it. Then we had that break and listened to it and were, 'Oh it's not that bad'. So Shogun finished his vocals and then we mixed it."[1]

Critical reception

Steve Lamacq of UK radio station BBC Radio 6 Music selected High as his album of the year, describing it as an "anonymous but brilliant punk album".[2] In October 2017, High was listed at no.83 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[3]

Accolades

Notes and References

  1. Mixdown . Royal Headache. Augustus Welby. 3 February 2016. 262.
  2. Web site: BBC – 6 Music Recommends Albums of the Year. BBC. 2015-12-12.
  3. Book: 100 Best Australian Albums . O'Donnell . John . John O'Donnell (music journalist) . Creswell . Toby . Toby Creswell . Mathieson . Craig . Craig Mathieson . Hardie Grant Books . October 2010 . . 978-1-74066-955-9 . 100 Best Australian Albums .