A Sides Performance: The Naked and Famous Higher Acoustic

We dodged a bullet. Auckland band The Naked and Famous nearly broke up between their second and third albums following the split between band members and cofounders Alisa Xayalith and Thom Powers. Lucky for us, the pair chose to truck on, and as they always do, channel their emotions through infectious, anthemic poprock music. The result of staying together is their latest album entitled Simple Forms, which drops Oct. 14. First single Higher, which is already a hit, finds the Kiwis in their finest form