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25 year anniversary of our 1st show post

Hey all. We were talking a month back & it came up that it’d be 25 years since we first played live as Highspire soon. Which is crazy how time flies!

So figured I’d turn it into a bit of a story post on how we started.

Firstly, our first show was March 11, 2001 at in Doylestown, PA, which is still around! Great store for vinyl.

We played with the great Honeychurch, of which main man & friend Shilough Hopwood unfortunately passed in 2023.

And we played as a three piece, no drummer. Less than a month later, we played our second show at John & Peters in New Hope PA, which drummer Who moved up from Alabama to Philly & played that show same day 😂And played on our new album Crushed.

Highspire began in 1999 when Alex was working in a studio in Bucks County & would record songs as payment.

We (EJ & Alex) were in a band together called Intro to India. We had an EP & a song on the Sounds from Psychedelphia compilation, all put out on #4 label at the time, Lounge Records.

The song on that comp was heard by the great shoegaze mag of the time, Losing Today, out of Italy. Who asked if we’d send them a track for the comps that came along with their mag issues.

We were transitioning from ITI into this new project so Alex said yes, but we have a new band. And took the name Highspire off a street name in Bucks County, not the town in PA. That song was Believe.

The mag issue didn’t come out til 2001. And our first EP also in 2001. Which was more just for booking gigs at the time. But all 25 years old this year as well.

It’s was rad to share some new music with you last year after being away for so long. And there will be some new stuff this year as well. 🙏🏼🤘🏼

Cheers yeah!

Album Of The Year 2025 - highspire "Crushed" 👋🏼🥰🎸

It sounds like a fantastic choice for Album of the Year! Highspire’s Crushed has certainly resonated with many fans of the genre this year.
If you are looking to expand your collection or explore more from the label, you can browse the latest releases and vinyl pressings at the Shelflife Records official store. For those who want to dive deeper into the band's history or find more lyrics to analyze, their complete discography is available on the Highspire Bandcamp page.
https://highspire.bandcamp.com/music
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