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An album filled with amazing hooks, great choruses and gasp! Guitar solos in 2004? Can it be true? Harem Scarem definitely takes it one step ‘Higher’. Harem Scarem is one of Canada’s most under rated and under appreciated bands. Virtually unknown in their home country, (except for in the early 90’s when they received a lot of airplay on Canadian radio and their videos were in heavy rotation on MuchMusic, Canada’s version of MTV), they have seen music styles come and go and return again. They are definitely rock n roll survivors. Their albums ‘Harem Scarem’ and ‘Mood Swings’ are considered two of the finest melodic rock recordings ever made. After 14 years, their albums still continue to garner rave reviews worldwide. Their previous recording ‘Weight of the World’ even made 411’s ‘Top Ten CD’s of 2002’ yet wasn’t even released in the USA! The big question of their fans in 2003 was would founding members and main songwriters Harry Hess and Pete Lesperance be able to top or duplicate ‘Weight Of The World’. Would they return to their side project ‘Rubber’ sound? Or would they go back in time and try to re create another ‘Mood Swings’? In late 2003, Harem Scarem fans found out the answer with the band’s seventh album ‘Higher’. They were definitely surprised with what they heard. Quite simply, “Higher” is an amazing piece of work from beginning to end. The songs flow together flawlessly. It’s Harem Scarem doing what they do best, and that is releasing an album which is not only very polished, but filled with big chorus’s, great guitar work, and some of the most catchy melodies not heard in years. It is a modern sounding album, but with a twist: It combines the best of today’s sounds and it brings back the best parts of this style of music when it was dominating the airwaves nearly 20 years ago. Track listing: 1. Reach 2. Waited 3. Torn Right Out 4. Give It to You 5. Higher 6. Run and Hide 7. Lucky Ones 8. Lies 9. Gone 10. Lost