265: Chris Higdon (Elliott / Mirrorless): Letting Go of Hearing Myself
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy welcomes Chris Higdon of the bands Elliott and Mirrorless
On this episode, Jeremy and Chris talk Louisville, skateboarding, Kinghorse, learning guitar by suggestion, his first band Falling Forward, his latest band Mirrorless on Equal Vision Records, developing the sound of Elliott, writing and recording the album "False Cathedrals", and so much more!!!
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| 0:00.0 | First ever |
| 0:11.0 | Pondes |
| 0:14.0 | First ever |
| 0:17.0 | Punch |
| 0:19.0 | First ever |
| 0:21.6 | The first ever podcast. |
| 0:24.6 | I am your host and if this is your first time here, this is a show of it. Welcome to the first ever podcast. |
| 0:37.7 | My name is Jeremy Bollm. |
| 0:39.0 | I am your host, and if this is your first time here, |
| 0:41.2 | this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds |
| 0:43.5 | about the first experiences in their art form |
| 0:45.7 | that led them to where they are today. |
| 0:48.6 | This is episode 265, and my guest this week is Chris Higden |
| 0:53.9 | of the beloved historic and legendary Louisville emo band Elliot, who will be playing the Las Vegas Festival Best Friends Forever on Sunday, October 12th. |
| 1:05.2 | Other bands that day include Jimmy E. World, Riloh, Kylie, Cursive, and Moore. |
| 1:09.6 | I am most likely going to go to this festival because how could I possibly not? |
| 1:15.7 | Elliot has been in my life for what feels like forever. |
| 1:19.4 | If you've never heard them, here's a clip from a song called Drive On to Me from the 25-year-old incredible album, False Cathedrals. |
| 1:29.3 | I really loved getting to know about Chris's life and how he came of age in hardcore and the genesis of his previous beloved, If You Know You Know Band, |
| 1:45.0 | Falling Forward. |
| 1:47.0 | And that was a song called Drowd. |
| 1:55.0 | And that was a song called Drought. |
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