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{{Short description|Norwegian indie pop/indie rock band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Highasakite

| image = HIGHASAKITE 2018 by Jørgen Nordby.jpg

| image_size = 260px

| landscape =

| alt =

| caption = Highasakite in 2018

| alias =

| origin = Norway

| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|indie pop}}

| years_active = {{start date|2010}}–present

| label = Propeller Recordings

| associated_acts =

| website = {{URL|highasakite.no}}

| current_members = Ingrid Helene Håvik
Trond Bersu
Øystein Moen

| past_members = Øystein Skar
Marte Eberson
Kristoffer Lo

}}

Highasakite is an indie pop and indie rock band from Norway. The band formed when vocalist and songwriter Ingrid Helene Håvik met drummer Trond Bersu whilst studying jazz at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory. In 2010, after just six months, the duo started working on their debut album. The album All That Floats Will Rain was released in 2012.

History

= Formation and ''All That Floats Will Rain'' (2010–2012) =

Vocalist Ingrid Håvik and drummer Trond Bersu met while Bersu was studying jazz at the Trondheim Jazz Conservatory; after starting out as a duo, the two recruited Thomas Dahl, a producer, to help out on bass and guitar, and Øystein Skar joined the group to play synthesizer. After bonding they spent the next six months working on a debut album. Their debut album, All That Floats Will Rain, was released in Norway in February 2012 on the record label Riot Factory, and was produced by Juhani Silvola and Thomas Dahl. The album reached #16 on the Norwegian Albums Chart. After the album's release the band began to play live shows, adding Marte Eberson on synthesizer and Kristoffer Lo on guitar, percussion, flugabone, and tuba to extend their layered instrumentation, and flesh out their sound. Highasakite started out opening for other musical projects like Your Headlights Are On, PELbO and Sacred Harp. The band later performed at many festivals in 2012, including Øyafestivalen and the Iceland Airwaves.

=''Silent Treatment'' (2014) =

Their second album, Silent Treatment, was released in February 2014 and reached #1 on the Norwegian Albums Chart.{{cite web |first=Thomas |last=Talseth |date=14 February 2014 |url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/highasakite-er-aarets-albumvinnere/a/23355934/ |title=Highasakite er årets albumvinnere |work=Verdens Gang |language=no}} It was named the second best album of the year by Norwegian music critics in a list published by Dagsavisen.{{cite web | url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/her-er-listene-over-den-beste-musikken-i-2014-1.304856 | title=Her er listene over den beste musikken i 2014 | language=Norwegian | first=Espen Hågensen | last=Rusdal | work=Dagsavisen | date=12 December 2014 | accessdate=13 November 2015}} The group toured extensively this year, mostly in Norway. They also toured with the Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men during their Europe tour. At the 2015 14th Annual Independent Music Awards, Highasakite was the winner in the "Pop Album" category for Silent Treatment. The band had the first album with 92 consecutive weeks (and counting) on the Norwegian Billboard "Topp 40" at VG-lista.{{cite web | url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/norsk-musikk/highasakite-setter-ny-vg-listerekord/a/23560120 | title=Highasakite setter ny VG-listerekord | language=Norwegian | first=Thomas | last=Talseth | work=Verdens Gang | date=13 November 2015 | accessdate=13 November 2015}} For the album, Highasakite won the "Pop Group of the Year Award" at the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Awards, Spellemannprisen; additionally Håvik was nominated in the categories "Composer of the Year" and "Writer of the Year", winning the former. The same year the band won the Bendiksen Award, an award and grant given to up-and-coming artists to help develop their talent, winning 100,000 Norwegian kroner.

=''Camp Echo'' (2016) =

The third album, Camp Echo, was released on 20 May 2016. The first single from the album, "Someone Who'll Get it", released early 2016, received significant critical acclaim upon release, highlighting an anticipation for their third album.{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/singelanmeldelse-highasakite-someone-who-ll-get-it/a/23605044/ |title=Singelanmeldelse: Highasakite: "Someone Who'll Get It" - Musikkanmeldelser |work=Verdens Gang |language=no |date=28 January 2016 |accessdate=24 December 2016}} The second single, "Golden Ticket", was released in April 2016. On 2 December 2016 the band released the Acoustic Versions EP, consisting of four previous tracks from Camp Echo and Silent Treatment. The EP features band member Marte Eberson on the piano, and shows off lead singer Ingrid Helene Håvik's arrangement ability and powerful vocals.

Highasakite was one of several performers, alongside artists including Sting and Halsey, who played at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2016 on 11 December, performing songs "Golden Ticket" and "Lover, Where Do You Live?".

Their album Camp Echo was shortlisted by IMPALA (The Independent Music Companies Association) for the Album of the Year Award 2016, which rewards on a yearly basis the best album released on an independent European label.{{cite web | url=http://impalamusic.org/content/25-artists-best-independent-album-year-europe/ | title=25 artists up for best independent album of the year in Europe | publisher=IMPALA | access-date=14 March 2017 | archive-date=15 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085333/http://impalamusic.org/content/25-artists-best-independent-album-year-europe/ | url-status=dead }}

File:Highasakite Oslo Spektrum 2019 202331.jpg in March 2019]]

Highasakite released the single "5 Million Miles" in April 2017.{{cite news|title=The new single from Highasakite is a glossy pop reinvention|url=http://www.feistymag.com/highasakite-5-million-miles-single/|accessdate=21 April 2017|work=FEISTY|date=21 April 2017}}

=''Uranium Heart'' and ''The Bare Romantic'' (2019–2020) =

On 16 November 2018, the band announced their fourth studio album Uranium Heart,{{cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |title=Highasakite Announce New Album 'Uranium Heart' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/highasakite-announce-new-album-uranium-heart |website=Clash |date=16 November 2018 |accessdate=19 November 2018}} produced by Bersu with all tracks written by Håvik. The album was later released on 1 February 2019, and the band embarked on an arena sized tour across Norway.{{cite news|title=Highasakite Previous Live Shows |url=https://www.bandsintown.com/a/1988134-highasakite/past-events?came_from=251|website=Bandsintown |accessdate=16 March 2020}}

In October 2019, the band released the first part of a two part mini album titled "The Bare Romantic", with first single "Can I Be Forgiven" reaching #26 on the Spotify Norway top 200.{{cite web|title=Spotify Chart: Norway Top 200|url=https://spotifycharts.com/regional/no/daily/2019-10-29|website=spotifycharts |accessdate=16 March 2020}} The second part of the mini album, released 7 February 2020 contained the single "Under The Sun" which received a sync in the Norwegian film Tunnelen. {{cite news|title=IMDB Tunnelen Film (2019) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9049042/|website=IMDB |accessdate=16 March 2020}}

In February 2020 Highasakite were nominated for the "Pop Group of the Year Award" at the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Awards.

Discography

= Albums =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Album

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Track list

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NOR
{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Highasakite |title=Highasakite page |publisher=NorwegianCharts.com|accessdate=24 February 2012}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUS
Peaks in Australia:

  • All except noted: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Highasakite |title=australian-charts.com - Discography Highasakite |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=29 May 2016}}
  • Silent Treatment: {{cite journal|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1283.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140930044700/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20140930-1447/Issue1283.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-09-30|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 29 September 2014|date=30 September 2014|publisher=Australian Web Archive|issue=1283|accessdate=2 October 2014}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
2012

|style="text-align:left;"| All That Floats Will Rain

|16

|—

|style="text-align:left;"|

  1. "Son of a Bitch"
  2. "Winners Don't Come Easy"
  3. "Indian Summer"
  4. "When You Have Gone"
  5. "In and Out of Weeks"
  6. "God Is a Banquet"
  7. "My Soldier"
  8. "Whatever That Means"
  9. "Everything Sank in You"
  10. "The Heron"
2014

|style="text-align:left;"| Silent Treatment

|1

|90

|style="text-align:left;"|

  1. "Lover, Where Do You Live?"
  2. "Since Last Wednesday"
  3. "Leaving No Traces"
  4. "Hiroshima"
  5. "My Only Crime"
  6. "I, the Hand Grenade"
  7. "Darth Vader"
  8. "Iran"
  9. "The Man on the Ferry"
  10. "Science & Blood Tests"
2016

|style="text-align:left;"| Camp Echo

|1

|24

|style="text-align:left;"|

  1. "My Name Is Liar"
  2. "Samurai Swords"
  3. "Someone Who'll Get It"
  4. "My Mind Is a Bad Neighborhood"
  5. "God Don't Leave Me"
  6. "I Am My Own Disease"
  7. "Golden Ticket"
  8. "Deep Sea Diver"
  9. "Chernobyl"
2019

|style="text-align:left;"| Uranium Heart

|4
{{cite web|url=http://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-40-album-2019-06/|title=VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 6, 2019|publisher=VG-lista|accessdate=9 February 2019}}

|—

|style="text-align:left;"|

  1. "Too Early"
  2. "Revolution"
  3. "I Call Bullshit"
  4. "Mexico"
  5. "Mexico, Pt. 2"
  6. "Hail of Bullets"
  7. "Out of Order"
  8. "Egomaniac"
  9. "Uranium Heart"
  10. "Stick with You"
  11. "Outro"
2022

|style="text-align:left;"| Mother

|2
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/albums/2022-w05/|title=Album 2022 uke 5|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=February 5, 2022}}

|—

|

  1. “I Just Moved Here”
  2. “Mother”
  3. “Atomic Sparks”
  4. “Keep it Alive”
  5. “Under the Same Sky”
  6. “Love Him Anyway”
  7. “Tell Her Yourself”
  8. “So Cold”
  9. “Autopsy”
  10. “Can I Come Home”

= Extended plays =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| EP

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Track list

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NOR
2016

|style="text-align:left;"| Acoustic Versions

| —

|style="text-align:left;"|

  1. "Samurai Swords" (acoustic version)
  2. "Golden Ticket" (acoustic version)
  3. "Since Last Wednesday" (acoustic version)
  4. "Leaving No Traces" (acoustic version)
2019

|The Bare Romantic, Part 1

| —

|

  1. "Can I Be Forgiven"
  2. "Through Tunnels and Towns"
  3. "Just a Small Quake"
  4. "Too Much to Handle"
2020

|The Bare Romantic, Part 2

| —

|

  1. "The Bare Romantic"
  2. "Under the Sun"
  3. "All for Love"
  4. "Never Been Less Loved"
2024

|style="text-align:left;"|Break It Right

| 6
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/albums/2024-w06/|title=Album 2024 uke 06|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=10 February 2024}}

|

= Singles =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak position

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NOR
{{cite web |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Highasakite |title=Highasakite page |website=Norwegiancharts.com |accessdate=24 February 2012}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUS
{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-singles-lukas-graham-spends-4th-week-at-no-1-20160312|title=ARIA Singles: Lukas Graham Spends 4th Week at No 1|website=Noise11|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=12 March 2016|accessdate=12 March 2016}}

2013

! scope="row"| "Since Last Wednesday"

| —

—

| Silent Treatment

rowspan="2" | 2016

! scope="row"| "Someone Who'll Get It"

| 34{{cite web|url=http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-20-single/1/dato/2016/uke/6 |title=VG-lista - Topp 20 Single uke 6, 2016 |work=Verdens Gang |language=no |accessdate=24 December 2016}}

100

| rowspan="2" | Camp Echo{{cite magazine |last=Day |first=Laurence |url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/highasakite-announce-second-record-camp-echo |title=Highasakite announce second record Camp Echo |date=9 February 2016 |magazine=The Line of Best Fit |accessdate=24 December 2016}}

scope="row"| "Golden Ticket"

| — || —

2017

! scope="row"| "5 Million Miles"

| —

—

| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

2018

! scope="row"| "Out of Order"

| 36
{{cite web|url=http://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-20-single-2018-16/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 16, 2018|publisher=VG-lista|accessdate=21 April 2018}}

| —

| Uranium Heart

rowspan="2"| 2019

! scope="row"| "Free to Go"{{Cite web |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/videos/seeb-pair-up-with-highasakite-on-free-to-go |title=Seep pair up with Highasakite on 'Free To Go' |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=12 April 2019 |website=Clash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413015209/https://www.clashmusic.com/videos/seeb-pair-up-with-highasakite-on-free-to-go |archive-date=13 April 2019 |accessdate=23 April 2019}}
{{small|(with Seeb)}}

| 14
{{cite web|url=http://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-20-single-2019-16/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 16, 2019|publisher=VG-lista|accessdate=20 April 2019}}

—

| Sad in Scandinavia

scope="row"| "Can I Be Forgiven"

| 27
{{cite web|url=http://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-20-single-2019-43/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 43, 2019|publisher=VG-lista|accessdate=26 October 2019}}

| —

| The Bare Romantic, Part 1

2020

! scope="row"| "Under the Sun"

| —

| —

| The Bare Romantic, Part 2

2022

! scope="row"| "Mother"

| 29
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2022-w08/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2022-08|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=26 February 2022}}

| —

| Mother

2023

! scope="row"| "Never Surrender"

| 4
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2024-w02/|title=Singel 2024 uke 02|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=13 January 2024}}

| —

| rowspan="3"| Break It Right

rowspan="2"| 2024

! scope="row"| "OK jeg Lover"

| 12
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2024-w04/|title=Singel 2024 uke 04|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=27 January 2024}}

| —

scope="row"| "Break It Right"

| 20
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2024-w06/|title=Singel 2024 uke 06|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=10 February 2024}}

| —

rowspan="2"| 2025

! scope="row"| "So Cool"
{{small|(with Miriam Bryant)}}

| 39
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2025-w20/|title=Singel 2025 uke 20|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=17 May 2025}}

| —

| rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Call Me When You Need Me"

| 81
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2025-w25/|title=Singel 2025 uke 25|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=20 June 2025}}

| —

colspan="5" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
Year

! Organization

! Award

! Work

! Result

2014

| GramArt

| Bendiksen Award{{cite web |first=Stein |last=Østbø |date=20 May 2014 |url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/highasakite-vant-100-000-kroner/a/10123851/ |title=Highasakite vant 100.000 kroner |work=Verdens Gang |language=no}}

| Highasakite

| {{won}}

rowspan="2"| 2015

| Spellemannprisen '14

| Popgruppe (Pop Group)

| rowspan="2"| Silent Treatment

| {{won}}

rowspan="2"| IMPALA{{cite web|title=23 albums up for European Independent Album of the Year Award|url=http://www.impalamusic.org/node/346|work=IMPALA|date=29 January 2015|access-date=26 February 2015|archive-date=26 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226140536/http://www.impalamusic.org/node/346|url-status=dead}}

| rowspan="2"| European Independent Album of the Year Award

| {{nom}}

2016

| rowspan="2"|Camp Echo

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| 2017

| rowspan="2"| Spellemannprisen '16

| Popgruppe (Pop Group)

| {{won}}

Årets Musikkvideo (Music Video of the Year)

| rowspan="1"|Golden Ticket

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| 2020

| rowspan="1"| Spellemannprisen '19

| Popgruppe (Pop Group)

| rowspan="1"|Uranium Heart

| {{nom}}

References

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External links

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