Artist: The High Court
Album: Puppet Strings
Label: I Surrender
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: July 24th, 2007

Overall: 8.5
Music: 8.5
Lyrics: 8.0
Production: 8.0

The High Court truly delivers their own brand of crunchy, risqué rock ‘n’ roll. On this their debut effort is nothing short of a roller-coaster ride, filled with torrid tales, spine tingling melodies, and plenty of shredding guitars. From the self-titled opener to “Down in Flames” its heavy finally, this record doesn’t quit. “2 Much Love for 1 Woman” is as catchy as it is topically edgy. Where “In Bambi’s Eyes” could make any old school Fall Out Boy fan begin to swoon. Puppet Strings is definitely a unique album, genre-jumping from hard to classic rock fused with pop punk overtones. Plain and simple this is a pure “rock out” record, one that I highly recommend!

Recently The High Court we’re involved in an accident that left their van and trailer completely destroyed. Everyone is safe, but now the band has to find the money to get new transportation. Please help them get back on the road, head over to PayPal and donate anything that you can to the group. Pay to the order of olivier@ozonerecording.com any amount will definitely bring them one step closer to playing shows again.

Bryce Jacobson
This is a good week for new music. Be sure to check out the new releases from Tokyo Rose, A Thorn For Every Heart, The Starting Line, and The Send all coming this week.

Adam Weidman
This week I’d have to go with Kevin Devine, he’s on a really cool tour with Jesse of Brand New at the moment. The High Court, they put out a really cool record this past week. Finally… Saves the Day, just because. Have a great week!

I just wanted to take a second and encourage everyone reading this to check out The High Court. Their debut record entitled Puppet Strings comes out today, you can pick up a copy from Smart Punk and recieve an autographed booklet and a personal phone call from the band. The album is truly great, but you don’t have to take my word for it, you can head to the band’s PureVolume and listen to Puppet Strings in its entirety.

Here are some albums in stores tomorrow.

Sum 41 - Underclass Hero
Hidden In Plain View - Resolution
Scenes From A Movie - Pulse
The High Court - Puppet Strings
Portugal The Man - Church Mouth
A Farewell Rescue - Never Meet Your Heroes
Nodes Of Ranvier - Defined By Struggle
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is (EP)

The High Court have posted a new song from their upcoming full length, Puppet Strings, which will hit the shelves on July 24th.  Head over to their MySpace page and listen to the new song “Alien.”