Higher State, The

***At long last, the sixth full-length album from the Higher State has finally arrived! Sporting a fresh new quintet line-up, which unites band leader Marty Ratcliffe and longtime member Paul Messis with Huw Walters, formerly of garage greats the Mystreated, on bass, Gigs De Jong (The Colour Collection, MOOON) on drums, and Ali Norton (The Wynter Reign) on Farfisa, the group dive into twelve new songs meshing fuzz-laden 60's-style garage rock with jangly folk-punk, all delivered with an immediate and timeless quality. Presented in glorious mono, mastered by Tim Warren, and with liner notes from garage rock guru Freddy Fortune, the new album comes with a lyrics printed insert along with a digital download code. So continues the journey of The Higher State! “...like a treasured compilation of mysterious 60's obscurities, all killer, no filler”—Mike Stax, Ugly Things Magazine