The latest in a storied line of great bands from a city steeped in musical history and rock’n’roll traditions, The 5 Highs were formed in San Francisco by an eccentric group of musicians from lives as varied and kaleidoscopic as their musical tastes. Yet they all found themselves, and each other, in the parking lot of Light Rail Studios.

CUT., the band’s debut was storytelling, scored by the blending of these experiences, musical backgrounds and a shared joy of creating music together. Whether grooving to the 80’s new wave influenced title track, or swooning to the soulful “Slippin’ Away”, or cruising to the left coast-country musings of “Half Moon Bay”, it may be hard to describe their music by conventional standards. The band simply refers to their full-spectrum sound Avant-Harde.