High Tea

High Tea, the folk-punk duo hailing from Massachusetts, is the explosive creation of a story-spinning blues guitarist and a harmony-obsessed punk. Isabella DeHerdt and Isaac Eliot have come together to fill spaces with homegrown storytelling and raucous, booming vocals. Their songs are ripe with existential angst, weaving tales of growing up, going wild, and always coming back to the ones you love.

Their previous releases, Scuba Diving, Old Cowboy, and The Wick and the Flame, have been featured on playlists, radio shows, and in publications such as The Boston Globe and The Greenfield Recorder, among others. The title track of Old Cowboy led to their selection as one of WBUR’s top four Massachusetts Tiny Desk entries of 2022. They toured The Wick and the Flame on the West Coast, throughout New England, and across other parts of the United States, receiving write-ups from Atwood Magazine, The Boston Herald, and more.

They were nominated for Best Americana Act at the New England Music Awards in 2023 and were chosen as one of the top three artists in the Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in 2025. They were also nominated for Best Folk Artist at the 2025 Boston Music Awards.

Despite its name, there’s nothing little about High Tea’s latest album, A Small Notion. Listeners are led through an inspiringly personal journey, from the disoriented yearning of loss to an appreciation of the brutal realities of rough living, tender reflections on past mistakes, and, ultimately, an acceptance of the all-too-human need for community and care.

As ever, the Massachusetts duo is heavily committed to marrying intensely beautiful lyrical storytelling with congruent and energetically contagious instrumental arrangements. Without a doubt, A Small Notion is some of High Tea’s most honest, eye-opening, and cathartic work yet.