High January

High January is the ninth album by Canadian music artist Marker Starling (Chris A. Cummings), released on 24 April 2020 (2020-04-24). It is composed entirely of original material, being produced for the first time by Sean O'Hagan, whose previous work with Stereolab, The High Llamas and Microdisney brought extensive experience to helping achieve a fully-realized Marker Starling sound. Laetitia Sadier, also of Stereolab, contributes vocals to two tracks, "Waiting for Grace" and "Starved for Glamour".^[1]

High January
Studio album by Marker Starling
Released	24 April 2020 (2020-04-24)
Genre	Soft rock
Label	Tin Angel
Marker Starling chronology
Trust An Amateur (2019) High January (2020)

Tim Sendra of AllMusic wrote in his review, – ..."this is serious mood music and Cummings made a fine choice by picking a producer who knows how to sustain a consistent mood, and by bringing along his crack band to back him."^[2]

Track listing

Side 1

1. High January
2. Wait The Night
3. Drop And Pierce
4. Waiting For Grace

Side 2

1. Move It On
2. Starved For Glamour
3. Coin of the Realm
4. A Little Joy

Personnel

• Vocals – Laetitia Sadier
• Backing Vocals – Connor Blundell, Mason Le Long, Nicholas Krgovich
• Drums – Euan Rodger
• Guitar – Andy Whitehead
• Bass – Joe Carvell
• Artwork, Layout – Sharmila Banerjee
• Engineer, Audio mixing, Programming (Synthesizer) – Andy Ramsay
• Mastering – Noel Summerville
• Producer, Mixing, Bass, Electric Organ [Hohner Symphonic 30N], Synthesizer [Roland System 100], Programming – Sean O'Hagan
• Recording engineer [Additional] – Mason Le Long
• Written-By, Electric piano [RMI], Electric organ [Lowrey MicroGenie], Synthesizer [Solina String Ensemble], Synthesizer [Roland System 100], Electric Piano [Rhodes], Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer [WASP], Vocals – Chris A. Cummings

Recorded At – Press Play Studios / Mastered At – 3345 Mastering / Phonographic Copyright (p) – Tin Angel Records / Copyright (c) – Tin Angel Records