London trio hazy waters return with high; a shoegaze-infused indie rock single wired around impulse, chemistry, and fleeting connection.
Gritty guitars, neon synths, punk urgency, and a restless bassline push into brighter, more volatile territory. Nostalgic, but not stuck there.
Built from instinct rather than polish, high began with a bassline and hypnotic guitar melody before opening into a full-throttle indie anthem: crisp enough to hit, rough enough to breathe.
hazy waters are not trying to smooth the chaos out. They lean into it.
At the band’s core is Agness and Aleks’ decade-long creative partnership, first formed as teenagers in Poland. That trust gives the project its instinctive edge: direct, experimental, and open to accidents.
Simon completes the trio, moving from Spanish classical conservatories into synthesisers, sound manipulation, and electronic disruption. That clash between discipline and rebellion gives high part of its charge.
Following debut EP Watch Out For Deep Waters, the single feels more playful, immediate, and punk-driven. The dreamy reverb is still there, but now it comes with sharper teeth.
Lyrically, high explores imagined intimacy rather than lived confession: the rush of a connection that might never become real.
Agness explains:
This track was a major shift for me. I usually write from personal experience, but ‘high’ is built entirely on a ‘what-if’ scenario. It’s about pure imagination and the literal high you get from a fleeting moment of connection with someone you might never see again.
A coffee spill during recording triggered an expletive that stayed in the final cut. A perfect snapshot of the track’s unfiltered energy.
With high, hazy waters tighten their identity without sanding it down. Shoegaze haze, indie-rock force, synth glare, and punk impatience collide in a release that feels wired, human, and wide awake.