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High (2004)

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Release Date: Aug 31, 2004; Lead Performance: The Blue Nile

By Ty Burr

Ty Burr

Ty Burr is a writer at large for EW and is no relation to Raymond or Aaron

Rejoice, acolytes — the Scottish priests of midnight yearning are back with High, their first CD in eight years, their fourth in 21, and their best since 1989's Hats. If the lyrics now take in distant children and middle-aged loss, the music remains the same: crystalline midtempo soundscapes in which regret and ecstasy twine into a spiritual double helix. ''An ordinary miracle is all we really need,'' croons Paul Buchanan. This will do.

Posted Nov 05, 2004

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