Media: The Higher: “It's Only Natural”

Posted by aubin on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 4:30 PM (EDT)

The Higher are streaming their new Epitaph Records release, It's Only Natural due out June 23, 2009.

Find the stream here.

Bands in this story

The Higher

Epitaph Records (23 comments)

Please login or register to post comments.What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?

Share your opinion by posting comments on the stories that interest you
Rate music and bands and help shape the weekly top ten
Let Punknews.org use your ratings to help you find bands and albums you might like
Customize features on the site to get the news the way you want.

Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not respon sible for them in any way. Seriously.

MyStereoHasMono (June 17, 2009)

$20 bucks says this sucks.

duffmancantbreatheohno (June 17, 2009)

You are correct sir. I made it a full 30 seconds.

SloaneDaley (June 17, 2009)

must have been higher when they signed these guys, aminotcorrect?

Blackjaw_x (June 17, 2009)

These guys(?) are worse than Creed.

Dante3000 (rich) (June 17, 2009)

Epitaph Records: home to Frank Turner, and a bunch of bands that are not Frank Turner.
-Dante

Scarysmurf (June 17, 2009)

Coming soon: Off With Their Heads

baldsteve (June 17, 2009)

This may be the worst thing on Epitaph and these days, that's saying a lot.

SloaneDaley (June 17, 2009)

isn't that I Set My Friends On Fire turd on the 'Taph?

Dante3000 (rich) (June 17, 2009)

Man...I try not to be too big of a dick because taste is subjective but that release genuinely upset me.
-Dante

MilesQToast (June 17, 2009)

that's what she said

SloaneDaley (June 17, 2009)

I think it is reasonable to be offended by that stuff because look at all the talented hardworking bands that never get recognized and then you see a band that is such a gimmick get signed to a big label and get all kinds of exposure, I die a little inside thinking about it.

Dante3000 (rich) (June 17, 2009)

That's the thing, it wasn't that I didn't dig them musically, it was simply that they were a band who wasn't even a real band when they signed a contract. They had a "hit" joke song on myspace and that hype led to them getting this contract with a label most bands would kill to be a part of.
-Dante

baldsteve (June 17, 2009)

I don't know, I couldn't get past the picture of those idiots to listen to what they made.

baldy_shale (June 17, 2009)

This might be the best release Epitaph has put out since Suffer.

Scarysmurf (June 17, 2009)

I Am Ghost-Those we Leave Behind was way more amazing and it came out a few months back, so I win.

kencollapse (June 17, 2009)

Fuck you Epitaph! Fuck you!

randalla (June 17, 2009)

but come on guys... these guys are soooooo totally rawk!

I do believe that this is possibly the worst band ever. going beyond brokencyde.

Icapped2pac (June 17, 2009)

Go away.

MarkThirdWorld (June 18, 2009)

Purevolume?! What year is this!?

Yellow_card (June 18, 2009)

It's hard to believe that it's been almost two years since one of the most sincere, honest, beautiful and heartwrenching CD's was released, that being Yellowcard's 3rd major label release, Paper Walls, which came out on Juy 17th, 2007. At the time, people took Ryan's talent for granted and the release never got the push it needed. While the band gave us the gift of a new release, they also punished us by stopping being a functioning band shortly after. The video for Light Up The Sky still gives me chills. I think they were just ahead of their time, I'm glad that I was right there for part of it, I was front and center and a true fan, I was more than just a fan, I was part of their ride to the top. Sadly, it was a ride that I didn't want to get off. Since that time, I've heard some bands that can write a catchy tune but they just can't pack the one-two punch of Ryan and the Yellowcard boys dealt, so after hearing the newest pop-punk band that is trying to make it big by stealing "Ocean Avenues" riffs, usually the first words out of my mouth are "Well, it's no Yellowcard, that is for sure...". Eventually my friends just told me "Enough about Yellowcard, I'm not kidding just stop it" so, I'd just keep it to myself, I was hoping that some band would knock my socks off, but it never happened. Well, I was surfing the web and I heard a song that had a vocal part that goes "we will rock you, shock you, drop you and make you waaaant it" and it just stuck in my head for days. Needless to say, I ran home and googled it and the band that penned those lyrics that just hit home (it was like they were reading my mind!) was The Higher. I'm proud to say that I am a fan of The Higher and I'm so looking forward to thier 4th release "It's Only Natural" coming out on Epitaph Record Label on June 23rd, 2009.

Blackjaw_x (June 18, 2009)

Explain yourself. I want to know everything about you.

Thus_Spoke_Sean (June 18, 2009)

Yesssssssssssssssssssssss

Timorous_Me (June 18, 2009)

I'm embarrassed to be from the same town as these guys. The sad thing is, I have a friend who's the same age as me (26) that is totally in love with them. I would think 26 is old enough to know better.