Highasakite Return With Lead Cut 'Golden Ticket', Out Tomorrow

Far from the Wonka-esque fantasies such title would suggest, Highasakite return with lead single 'Golden Ticket', embarking a much more dystopian route to escapism.

The track opens with "God, if you're still watching" -- a premise lifted from Gunvor Hofmo's post-World War II poem, 'Det er ingen hverdag mer' [translation: there's no more every day], or as vocalist Ingrid Helene Håvik describes it: "Norway's funeral blues".

"It's a very famous verse, and was used a lot around the time of the Norwegian terrorist attacks [Oslo and Utøya, 2011]," she explains. "The song is very much about escapism, both escaping yourself and the world; just wanting to get high and get out, basically" - a surprising foundation, given the track's uplifting and undeniable pop sensibilities.

Stream 'Golden Ticket' below!

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It follows introductory single 'Someone Who'll Get It' - a "dark and pummeling" cut that had the likes of The FADER, BBC Radio 1 (Huw Stephens) and Vogue lining up to premiere its collective parts; now boasting in excess of 2.5 million streams. It's afforded an equally dark video that features Håvik in seething, oil-drenched contortion. Watch it HERE.

Following acclaimed debut LP of 2014 'Silent Treatment', which recently celebrated a massive two-year milestone in the Norwegian Top 40 Chart, Highasakite stare down sophomore successor 'Camp Echo' - released May 20 via Propeller Recordings. Taking its namesake from one of seven detention camps within Guantanamo Bay, 'Camp Echo' signals a hefty summer tour schedule, including festival billings at The Great Escape, Latitude Festival, Roskilde and Øyafestivalen, alongside a UK/EU Headline Tour in May. The band is also confirmed for multiple high-profile TV appearances next month. Full live dates below...

'Golden Ticket' is released this Friday, April 8 -- taken from forthcoming album 'Camp Echo', out May 20 via Propeller Recordings. Available to pre-order HERE. For more information, visit highasakite.no, follow on Facebook facebook.com/highasakitemusic and Twitter @Highasakiteband.

TOUR DATES:
18 MAY 2016 | THE GREAT ESCAPE (UK)
22 MAY 2016 | WHELAN'S, DUBLIN (IE)
23 MAY 2016 | DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER (UK)
24 MAY 2016 | VILLAGE UNDERGROUND, LONDON (UK)
26 MAY 2016 | PARADISO UPSTAIRS, AMSTERDAM (NL)
18 JUNE 2016 | BERGENFEST, BERGEN (NO)
24 JUNE 2016 | HURRICANE FESTIVAL, SCHEESSEL (DE)
25 JUNE 2016 | SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL, NEUHAUSEN OB ECK (DE)
28 JUNE | GLEIS 22, MÚNSTER (DE)
29 JUNE 2016 | BI NUU, BERLIN (DE)
1 JULY 2016 | ROSKILDE FESTIVAL (DK)
17 JULY 2016 | LATITUDE FESTIVAL (UK)
12 AUGUST 2016 | ØYAFESTIVALEN, OSLO (NO)
19 AUGUST 2016 | PSTEREO, TRONDHEIM (NO)
20 AUGUST 2016 | PARKENFESTIVALEN, BODØ (NO)

'CAMP ECHO' - TRACK LIST:
1. My Name Is Liar
2. Samurai Swords
3. Someone Who´ll Get It
4. My Mind Is A Bad Neighborhood
5. God Don't Leave Me
6. I Am My Own Disease
7. Golden Ticket
8. Deep Sea Diver
9. Chernobyl

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