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ARTIST
TITLE
High Hopes
FORMAT
LP

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CATALOG #
CCS 134LP CCS 134LP
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RELEASE DATE
11/22/2024

High Hopes -- new album from the Mole. High Hopes is 17 songs across 40 minutes that, as advertised, sounds nothing like High Dreams. Here, rather than the long form dance form, is a continuation of the beat tape pacing from the last album, a collection of moments posing as ideas posing as a narrative stuffed with oddities and surprises that reward the close listen. What's heard on High Hopes is the Mole's exploration of a love letter, from one person to a family, from the northern Pacific to the southern Atlantic, from a boy to a painted bird. Vancouver Island to Manantiales. The songs range from ambient sound bath and hip-hop sludge, up to micro boogie and almost house before tumbling back down and forth again. Bubbling synths, MPCs swung out, samples chopped and chewed, bass and violins from Rick and Sophie, field recordings of birds and frogs and beaches, friends and family and fiestas. Original collages from Antonio Carrau envelope this wax: jacket, sleeve and cookie. The Mole is joined by friends and colleagues on several songs included on High Hopes. Rick May plays bass on both "Que Rico" and album stand out "GoinF4er." Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You Black Emperor) plays and arranges violins on "GoinF4er" and "Danuel Tate" (Cobblestone Jazz) and Julz Chaz (Wagon Repair) both play Vibes and Emaxx throughout the album. Working with these incredible talents not only enriched this album, but fulfilled a long-standing goal of the Mole's; to work again with the musicians from whom he learned so much. People who helped inform the shape of Mole to come. High Hopes is the Mole's fifth solo album and his second album for Circus Company, who have also proudly released two EPs of Mole magic.