High Places is a band originating from Brooklyn, New York,[1] that subsequently relocated to Los Angeles, California.

Pearson and Barber met while Mary was completing a music degree in bassoon performance at Western Michigan University and Rob was working in visual art, teaching lithography and etching in New York.

[3] Both were performing as solo musicians at the time, Mary as Transformation Surprise, and Rob as the Urxed.

[4] They have performed at the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden as part of Doug Aitken's SONG 1 (2012) in Washington DC.

High Places have toured with Toro Y Moi,[4] Deerhunter, Liars, No Age, Lucky Dragons, Yacht, Dan Deacon and Xiu Xiu High Places’ self-titled debut was recorded by Rob and Mary in their apartment in Brooklyn’s Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood between January and May 2008.