The Higher

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Insurance? 03:07 Tools
Histrionics 00:00 Tools
ROCK MY BODY 00:00 Tools
Weapons Wired 00:00 Tools
Movement 00:00 Tools
Guts 00:00 Tools
Dare 00:00 Tools
31 Floors 00:00 Tools
Darkpop 00:00 Tools
Our Movie Rules 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself (Patrick Stump Remix) 00:00 Tools
In The Set 00:00 Tools
Can Anyone Really Love Young 00:00 Tools
Diaries 00:00 Tools
Circle Of Death 00:00 Tools
Prepare For Something Else 00:00 Tools
Case Closed 00:00 Tools
Valentine's Delay 00:00 Tools
Lo 00:00 Tools
It's Only Natural 00:00 Tools
Gone With The Guillotine 00:00 Tools
Histriock My Body 00:00 Tools
Kalimist 00:00 Tools
From The Window To The Wall 00:00 Tools
Darkside 00:00 Tools
The Black Dress 00:00 Tools
Try Again 00:00 Tools
Undertaker 00:00 Tools
Other Options 00:00 Tools
Black Sunday 00:00 Tools
Midnight 00:00 Tools
Story Of A Man Obsessed 00:00 Tools
Closer 00:00 Tools
Play With Fire 00:00 Tools
The (Runaway) Artist 00:00 Tools
Burn and Turn 00:00 Tools
One For Hope 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Coffins 00:00 Tools
Story Of Growing Up 00:00 Tools
Scandalous 00:00 Tools
Couples Skate Only 00:00 Tools
Carly 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Rock My Body 00:00 Tools
Reagan 00:00 Tools
Can Anoyone Really Love Young 00:00 Tools
The Core 00:00 Tools
Can Anyone Really Love Young? 00:00 Tools
Lost (bonus track) 00:00 Tools
The 00:00 Tools
Stick 3 00:00 Tools
Submarine '99 00:00 Tools
Lost 00:00 Tools
Rock My Body (Live) 00:00 Tools
Submarine '95 00:00 Tools
Weapons Wired (Live) 00:00 Tools
Histrionics LIVE 00:00 Tools
Movement (Live) 00:00 Tools
Our Movie Rules (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sound The Retreat 00:00 Tools
The Higher - LO 00:00 Tools
31 Floors LIVE 00:00 Tools
03 The Higher - Rock My Body 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye Bye (N'Sync Cover) 00:00 Tools
14 Pace Yourself Fmix01 00:00 Tools
Hidden Track 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself - Patrick Stump Remix 00:00 Tools
02 Histrionics Fmix01 00:00 Tools
Cod 00:00 Tools
Nice & Slow 00:00 Tools
Histriock My Body (Rory Philli 00:00 Tools
Guts (RAC Jasinski Mix) 00:00 Tools
Insurance? (Live) 00:00 Tools
Insurance? - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Untitled 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself (remix) 00:00 Tools
Histrionics (Live) 00:00 Tools
03 Rock My Body Fmix01 00:00 Tools
03 03 The Higher - Rock My Body 00:00 Tools
Rock Your Body 00:00 Tools
Can Anyone Really LoveYoung 00:00 Tools
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08 The Higher - LO 00:00 Tools
Closer (Ne-yo Cover) 00:00 Tools
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Midnight Star is Dead 00:00 Tools
Insurance 00:00 Tools
Guts RAC Jasinski Mix 00:00 Tools
31 Floors (Live) 00:00 Tools
Darksiode 00:00 Tools
Can Anyone Really Love 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself (Live Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
06-the_higher-cod-guk 00:00 Tools
Don't Matter/Ignition (Live) 00:00 Tools
Rather Make You Come 00:00 Tools
Histrock My Body 00:00 Tools
03-the_higher-rock_my_body-guk 00:00 Tools
02-the_higher-lo-guk 00:00 Tools
In the Set (New Version) 00:00 Tools
Histirock My Body 00:00 Tools
Come On Top 00:00 Tools
Histriock My Body (Rory Phillips Mastermind Remix) 00:00 Tools
Pace Youself 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself (Live on X1075) 00:00 Tools
BlackSunday 00:00 Tools
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The Higher - It's Only Natural 00:00 Tools
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Pace Yourself (Acoustic) 00:00 Tools
Closer (Neyo cover) 00:00 Tools
Guts (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Dark pop 00:00 Tools
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Closer (Ne-Yo) 00:00 Tools
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Histrirock My Body 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Other Options 00:00 Tools
Valentine’S Delay 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Story Of A Man Obsessed 00:00 Tools
Guts Remix 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself (Patrick Stump 00:00 Tools
How long does it take to train an army (lost) 00:00 Tools
Historonics 00:00 Tools
One Check One Love (Live @ Chain Reaction) 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself (Live) 00:00 Tools
Insurance ? 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Undertaker 00:00 Tools
Lo (Live @ Chain Reaction) 00:00 Tools
In The Set (Live @ Chain Reaction) 00:00 Tools
The (Bunaway) Artist 00:00 Tools
Black Dress 00:00 Tools
Floors 00:00 Tools
Taio Cruz Feat. Kylie Minogue 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Insurance? 00:00 Tools
Valentine's Day 00:00 Tools
Movement (Live) (Bonus track) 00:00 Tools
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The Higher - Play With Fire 00:00 Tools
The Higher - The (Runaway) Artist 00:00 Tools
Insurance! 00:00 Tools
Closer (Cover) 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye Bye 00:00 Tools
Histrionics My Body 00:00 Tools
Valentine's Delay (Live @ Chain Reaction) 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Beautiful Coffins 00:00 Tools
Come On Up (To The Top Mix) 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Try Again 00:00 Tools
02 Histrionics 00:00 Tools
Historick My Body 00:00 Tools
Insurence 00:00 Tools
On Fire 00:00 Tools
Opening (Live @ Chain Reaction) 00:00 Tools
Kalimist (Live @ Chain Reaction) 00:00 Tools
Weapons 00:00 Tools
The Higher - The Black Dress 00:00 Tools
Untitled [Hidden Track] 00:00 Tools
the higher - histrionics 00:00 Tools
Histrionics (Demo) 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Closer 00:00 Tools
weapons wired. 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Histriock My Body 00:00 Tools
Histrionics lyrics 00:00 Tools
Histrionic 00:00 Tools
Low 00:00 Tools
Pace Yourself Remix 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Movement 00:00 Tools
in_the_set 00:00 Tools
03 Rock My Body 00:00 Tools
From The Window To The Wall 00:00 Tools
Rock My Body (Demo) 00:00 Tools
The Story of Growing Up 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Burn And Turn 00:00 Tools
Weapons Fired 00:00 Tools
Insurence? 00:00 Tools
Hidden 00:00 Tools
Weapons Wired (dc4763583) 00:00 Tools
Insurance? 00:00 Tools
Rock My Body (Remix) 00:00 Tools
rock my body. 00:00 Tools
/ Histrionics 00:00 Tools
Prepare Yourself Acoustic 00:00 Tools
Insurance? (Live) - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
The Higher - Scandalous 00:00 Tools
The Higher 00:00 Tools
Higher 00:00 Tools
Come On Up 00:00 Tools
"It's Only Natural" 00:00 Tools
The Higher - In the set 00:00 Tools
I'ts Only Natural(Sample) 00:00 Tools
14 Pace Yourself 00:00 Tools
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Just because The Higher can bust out pop tunes, it doesn't mean that's what defines them. Their first two albums, Histrionics (2005) and On Fire (2007), branded the band's trademark sound of R&B and pure rock. "We fuse the rock and R&B that we know, and put it into our own words," founding member and bassist Jason "Face" Centeno says, citing Michael Jackson, The Dream, Al Green, Jimmy Eat World, and Maroon 5 as influences. Now seven years since they first formed in 2002, and after some shuffling of band members, the Las Vegas-based band is back with their most radio-friendly album to date, It's Only Natural, out on Epitaph Records on June 23, 2009. "We wrote the best songs that The Higher has ever written on this record. No matter what kind of music you listen to, you're going to find at least two songs that are your favorite," founding member and lead singer Seth Trotter says. "We have two songs the girls are going to love, two rock songs the guys who loved our old sound want, two R&B songs for those who liked our stuff like 'Insurance," two slow jams that people have been begging us to do for a long time, and two straight-up pop songs. It's like Noah's Ark on this record — there's two of everything!" Not only is there something for everyone on this album, It's Only Natural also marks the band's first concept album, telling the story of what's been going on in The Higher's life. "It was written in the order it appears on the CD, starting with The Higher picking up the pieces of not having all the original members and going through betrayal, separation, and new beginnings, while also making the band thing happen, and moving forward," Trotter explains. The album kicks off with two pop-rock tunes that reflect the sound early Higher fans know best with "Try Again" about separation, putting their best foot forward, and not dwelling on the past, and "Other Options" in which the band examines what they need to do in order to move forward. Those lead into the two most pop-friendly tracks, "Undertaker" about the band's roots and love for Las Vegas and the title track, "It's Only Natural," which addresses attraction and other 'natural' desires. Next come the two most heart-wrenching tunes, the rock-based "Story of a Man Obsessed" about paranoia and obsession, and then the slow jam "The (Runaway) Artist," which Seth wrote on piano at the age 15, and adapted into a band tune, written from the point of view of a girl leaving town to follow her dreams. "The first half of the record is about us realizing that things are falling apart," Trotter explains. "Then it goes on to make us realize we're going to be okay by ourselves." The second half kicks off with the standout track, "Play with Fire," which Trotter calls their Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana" of the album. The essence of the lyrics are about overconfident girls whose beauty is only matched by their unoriginality. Next up is their New Found Glory-style "Burn and Turn" about the coming and going of people and their vices, while not getting lost in the shuffle. The song titles then hit a darker turn with the jazzy slow jam "The Black Dress" about picking a girl up at a funeral and mourning the loss in the only way that feels natural, and "Beautiful Coffins" is about the sad departure of an old friend and allowing them to dig their own grave. The album closes with a two-in-one track starting with "Scandalous" about a girl who's simply no good, and leading into "The Long Con" based off of an episode of the band's favorite show, Lost, in which two characters mutually screw each other over. And to cap off the album, the band ends with a cover of Ne-Yo's R&B hit, "Closer." "Our band listens to a lot of R&B," Trotter says. "People who like rock may never listen to Ne-Yo, but the song is so undeniable that they might give our version a chance. Plus we like to mess around with covers and mix them up." The Higher may not be the same band that they were on their last two albums, but they aren't ashamed to tell the story. "The album starts with the most natural way our band could have formed, to who we are now," Trotter says. Centeno adds, "This is our natural progression." It's Only Natural that the band tells their story through the album. It's Only Natural that their music reflects their diverse mix of styles. It's Only Natural that the band is who they are today. It's Only Natural, out on Epitaph Records on June 23, 2009. The Higher announced their breakup in 2012 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.