From Melbourne, HighSchool are the duo of Rory
Trobbiani and Luke Scott who caught attention with
their six-track debut EP , Forever at Last (which featured
fan favourites ‘New York, Paris and London’ and
‘Frosting’), showing a new band who were putting a new
lens on classic lo-fi, new wave, goth and post-punk. A
stint living in London followed where they cut their teeth
on the live scene there while also releasing the
standalone singles ‘Only a Dream’ (recorded with Dan
Carey and coming out on his Speedy Wunderground
label) and the Italo-disco fused banger ‘Colt’
.
This time period also saw them find a lot of fans, selling
out multiples vinyl runs and playing shows across
Australia, Europe, Japan and North America, touring with
the likes of Sam Fender, Provoker and Chvrches, as
well as performing at renowned festivals including SXSW
Austin, The Great Escape, All Points East, Wide
Awake and Reeperbahn.
After finding a label home with [PIAS], they released their
second EP , Accelerator (which featured the singles
‘August 19’ and ‘Doesn’t Matter’), a brilliant record that
saw them add a darker shade that now had people
likening them to peers such as Bar Italia, julie and
(untitled) halo. They closed the first chapter with a
hugely successful tour of the UK with Wunderhorse last
winter before they retreated from view to finish their
longawaited debut album.
From Melbourne, HighSchool are the duo of Rory
Trobbiani and Luke Scott who caught attention with
their six-track debut EP , Forever at Last (which featured
fan favourites ‘New York, Paris and London’ and
‘Frosting’), showing a new band who were putting a new
lens on classic lo-fi, new wave, goth and post-punk. A
stint living in London followed where they cut their teeth
on the live scene there while also releasing the
standalone singles ‘Only a Dream’ (recorded with Dan
Carey and coming out on his Speedy Wunderground
label) and the Italo-disco fused banger ‘Colt’
.
This time period also saw them find a lot of fans, selling
out multiples vinyl runs and playing shows across
Australia, Europe, Japan and North America, touring with
the likes of Sam Fender, Provoker and Chvrches, as
well as performing at renowned festivals including SXSW
Austin, The Great Escape, All Points East, Wide
Awake and Reeperbahn.
After finding a label home with [PIAS], they released their
second EP , Accelerator (which featured the singles
‘August 19’ and ‘Doesn’t Matter’), a brilliant record that
saw them add a darker shade that now had people
likening them to peers such as Bar Italia, julie and
(untitled) halo. They closed the first chapter with a
hugely successful tour of the UK with Wunderhorse last
winter before they retreated from view to finish their
longawaited debut album.
