High Places: Etched In Your Memory

Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Album Title: High Places Band Members: Robert Barber (multi-instrumentalist) and Mary Pearson (vocals, bassoon) For Fans Of: Cocteau Twins, Thrill Jockey Records, etchings. Seventy years ago, a rakish gentleman’s come-on would’ve been to invite a lady up to ‘see his etchings.’ Today, fine-art major Robert Barber isn’t getting fresh when he utters the same phrase—he really has them. And he’s become so familiar with the bygone acid-engraving art that he wo...

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