"This is a wonderful, promising debut from a band that understands rock n roll rather than one attempting to imitate it"
Southeast Live
"This is a perfectly stunning release from this noisy little quartet from the great state of Tennessee. The High Score manages to take every known genre of rock and compound it into one solid mass of power pop. The group dabbles in everything from dissonance to straight-ahead roots rock, keeping their biting sense of humor just below the surface. The beauty of it is that it's not cold and calculated---there's a true spirit of rock which is usually absent from contemporary groups..."
Mish Mash Reviews
"This debut album, in keeping with their Knoxville heritage, is an unassuming collection of pure, no-nonsense rock-n-roll laced with powerful pop sentiment. Treading softer ground, the band explores more sensitive songwriting arrangements and subtle, yet effective, vocal harmonies. This band knows how to pull it off."
Southeast Performer Magazine
"Honestly, how could you go wrong with the High Score? They've got Superdrag's keen sense of melody, Sugar's propensity for lacing pop songs with blistering riffs, and a GBV-ish sort of ragtag charm." Splendid Ezine
The High Score are the four guys you'll want to look at to satiate your melodic cravings. From Knoxville, Tennessee, the band play fun, loose rock n' roll with an exciting, upbeat spirit."
Indieville
"Sexy Losers is another in a long series (call it a tradition even) of homemade homegrown Knoxville homeboy music. What it lacks in spit and polish and fancy schmantz production, pitch-perfect vocals, and foot-tangling choreography it makes up for in grit, emotion, utter realness, and a complete absence of any sense of commerciality and trendiness. Screw Teen Spirit. This smells like rock and roll to me."
Rockzillaworld
"Whether casual or frantic, the guitar harmonies achieved by Cook and Trosper are intricate masterpieces - unconventional, unpredictable and unique in the Knoxville music scene. Cook and Trosper's finest moments with guitar are nothing short of inspirational."
Daily Beacon UT Knoxville
"I'm not sure if the members of The High Score are leaning towards pop or trying to hold on to their hard edge, either way the music on Sexy Losers works great."
In Music We Trust
Reviews from our second album "We Showed Up To Leave"
"this is '80s power guitar, the fun stuff that you can head-bob to while holding a PBR 16-ouncer in a crowded college bar after midnight. Turn up the stereo, turn down the lights, let it rock."
William Michael Smith From The Houston Press
"When they're not backing up Knoxville-based Americana music great Mic Harrison, the High Score are rockin' in the spirit of Cheap Trick or the baddest bar band on the block."
Wayne Bledsoe From The Knoxville News Sentinel
"tight and compelling. the songs are sturdy and utterly unpretentious, replete with snarls and screams and fist-pumping hooks and searing, grin-prompting leads (the chris cook / robbie trosper dual guitar work in "roky erickson" never fails to get my little fingers a-fretting the air)."
it takes a city of thousands to hold us back
The show Saturday night left me to ponder this... why in the hell don't The High Score play more often!?!? Or am I just too stupid to click on your calendar to see when you're playin'? Okay, it's probably my fault. Either way, we had a fuckin' blast Saturday night & I hope to see y'all live again soon.
the frustrated rage that possesses inept lawyer Duffy Deeter, who seeks heart's ease through a bizarre physical fitness regimen. His life is further complicated by a gum-chewing mistress, once a Woodrow Wilson Fellow; a wife with naturally silver hair who is as glacial as the North Pole; an overweight adolescent son; a law partner who has been making time with Mrs. Deeter; a mother whose belfry doesn't have 12 chimes for midnight; and a black professional athlete. What binds these aberrant types together in a compelling narrative is a remarkable gift for incisive language: Duffy's father, a World War II fighter pilot, "bit the big bagel"; "gold was good, a commodity that always gave the same answer"; and, "In the nation of the heart, there's war enough for everybody." That Duffy finds salvation is the most surprising twist of all.
Hey, I was just thinking about you guys and wanted to remind Robbie to send me his email so I can send him the pictures from Mucklewain. Take care and hope to see you soon!
FRAUDS UPCOMING SHOWS Sep 27 2007 9:00P Corner Lounge Knoxville, Tennessee Sep 28 2007 10:00P Tarantula Arms New Orleans, Louisiana Sep 29 2007 9:30P Bennie’s Boom Boom Room Hattiesburg, Mississippi Oct 1 2007 8:00P SuperHappyFunLand Houston, Texas Oct 2 2007 8:00P Club 115 Austin, Texas Oct 3 2007 7:00P Vino’s Little Rock, Arkansas Oct 5 2007 9:00P The Loft Tempe, Arizona Oct 6 2007 9:00P Scolari’s Office San Diego, California Oct 7 2007 9:00P The Scene Bar Los Angeles, California Oct 8 2007 8:00P The Dive Bar Las Vegas, Nevada Oct 10 2007 9:30P Club Fred Fresno, California Oct 11 2007 8:00P Satellite Reno, Nevada Oct 13 2007 9:00P The Lazy Dog Boulder, Colorado
