Interview: The High Hats
The High Hats', or Cumshot Hookers as they originally called themselves, road to success started with the release of their album "Too much is never enough" in 2007. On the tour that followed the album they gained the reputation of being a great live band and a huge fan-base. Now they're back with an EP that was released for free and a promise of a soon to come full-length album.
- Morten Frisch
Tell me your story! When did you discover rock'n'roll?
The High Hats are childhood friends and for as long as we can remember we've have listened to music in many forms. We listen to everything from dub to black metal...
What made you form the band? Just regular smalltown boredom or something else?
For no particular reason... we have played together in different bands before and one day we decided to start up the band as it is today. Actually, we had a hard night out and in the decadence the pieces fell into place. And let there be High Hats.
You seem very fond of your hometown, what is so good about Borås?
In some way Borås has gotten bigger the last ten years. More and better bands, probably the best football team in Sweden, the most good looking people and we've noticed that people from Gothenburg are a bit jealous of our home-town. hehe...
How about the Borås music scene? Which is the second best band?
Great. We have a lot of talented bands here like Killerchaps, Evocation, Brick Club and Moonlit Sailor and on and on and on. The scene has grown really fast over the last few years and it's keeping on getting bigger.
You have an especially big fan-base in Germany. Why is that?
Because we did a lot of really good shows there on our first tour and we also did a German-only-tour... and the Germans are really supportive when it comes to good music.
You have reputation of being a great live band, what's your recipe for a great show?
Since we only see each other during rehearsals and gigs we can focus our energy on having a good time instead of wasting our energy on disliking each other... The High Hats is like a bad marrige with really great makeup-sex.
Your latest EP was released for free. How come?
We had a few sessions and recorded some songs that we wanted to release for free. We have always been very generous with giving away songs for free.
What does the future have in store for The High Hats?
We are just about to record our second full-length album, but yet we don't know who will release it.. we have a few options but nothing is settled. Maybe we should give it away for free.
How do you think Elfsborg will do in this years Allsvenskan? It looks pretty grim...
They are going to win.
...And when is the next release due?
We don't know yet, but hopefully it will be out before the summer. Remember that we have a slow working process, since we can't stand each other in large doses.