The World On Higher Downs has been played on NTS in shows including Sendspaace , featured first on 28 June 2020. Songs played include Euclid.

THE WORLD ON HIGHER DOWNS is a four piece group whose key members consist of NATHANIEL RITTER, TROY SCHAFER, ERIC BRAY and VINCENT WACHOWIAK, whom all reside in different cities of Wisconsin, USA. What started out as a loose idea based upon multiple collaborations, eventually blossomed into what is now known as 'Land Patterns', their debut CD on Tokyo based label Plop.

THE WORLD ON HIGHER DOWNS was birthed out of TROY SCHAFER and NATHANIEL RITTER's bedroom recording sessions that began in late spring of 2005, which mostly consisted of keyboards, heavily effected electric guitar, and violin. After a few months of steady writing and recording, NATE's childhood friend VINCE WACHOWIAK was brought in to help add a few parts to the beginning sketches. Soon after, ERIC BRAY was sent the base tracks to which he added electronics and fleshed out the tracks with his production abilities (showcased in his other recording projects ARCTIC HOSPITAL, AGEND, and TALVE). ERIC sent back his developments and more instrumentation was added, including xylophone, vibraphone, horns, and orchestral drums. The songs were sent back in the mail to ERIC, where he mixed down the tracks and gave them a cohesive sound.

One of the key factors when making the record was to avoid standard conventions in this sort of music, like playing acoustic guitar over a downsampled electronic drum beat, and instead make it more smooth, more layered and to stay away from digital cut up and trickery. Also influences by shoegaze acts such as SLOWDIVE, or other groups like LABRADFORD are noticeable in the tracks although their fresh and talented abilities makes it unable to distinguish whether it's rock or dance music which is giving the album originality and the comfort of analog warmth and digital coolness at the same time.

'Land Patterns' sits somewhere between the murky depths of seasonal depression, cabin fever, and the blooming first days of Spring. It has an intellectual quality to it, but maintains a child-like innocence in the way its melodies flutter and with the implementation of many pitched percussion instruments. Taking ideals from both darker and lighter sides of music, 'Land Patterns' is an album that fits somewhere in between; encapsulating the greater aspects of both sides into one singular vision.