HighSchool

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.