The High Violets

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The High Violets formed after the demise of legendary Portland favorite The Bella Low, a band that played regularly with The Dandy Warhols. Lead guitarist CLINT SARGENT and drummer Luke Strahota picked up the pieces from that band’s crash and put together a remarkable group of musicians to form The High Violets.

Influenced heavily by the sounds of MBV, Ride, Spaceman 3, Lush, and the Cocteau Twins, the band soon developed a following. After a few early line-up changes they drafted in one of Portland’s most amazing voices, Kaitlyn Ni Donovan. Having an extremely successful solo career of her own, Kaitlyn immediately added the lush vocals and beautiful melodies the band needed. One self-released EP later, the band were in the studio recording their debut album “44 Down.” Released in 2002 on independent label Reverb Records, the album was singled out by Under the Radar and Magnet magazines with full page features, noting its influence.

The High Violets followed up their debut with the album “To Where You Are,” which was released in 2006 (Reverb). Produced, engineered, and mixed by Tony Lash (Dandy Warhols, Elliott Smith, Tahiti 80) and Jeff S. Saltzman (Sleater Kinnery, Stephen Malkamus), it took over three years to create and was well worth the wait. Press releases proclaimed Clint Sargent’s layered guitars the standout feature and Kaitlyn ni Donovan’s watercolor vocals the crowning jewel on the CD’s shimmering sounds — “well crafted songs giving fans new and old a healthy dose of their soft and hard sides expertly mixed together.

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caleb_core wrote:
September 2009

"Fa" and "44down" are to good for words.

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EllenKitty wrote:
March 2009

Digital noise for the Satellite Remixes. I wrote a mod last August to tell them, who said he'd passed it on to support. I think it's really up to the record label to fix.

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wissywig2009 wrote:
March 2009

My new favorite band. :) (Is anyone else having trouble hearing the full tracks? all I get is static.)

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Mike_Anthony wrote:
April 2008

Sweet vocals.

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one80 wrote:
January 2008

:)

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supervegita wrote:
November 2007

Simply amazing!

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edejong wrote:
September 2007

vote for the new pic!

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life_insurance wrote:
November 2006

fucken grand

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Haarry wrote:
November 2006

Reverb records are god.

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mdt wrote:
November 2006

Kaitlyn's solo record is beautiful, too.

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xstaminic wrote:
October 2006

they are fantastic!

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iunevol wrote:
October 2006

I love The High Violets

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