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Apr 28, 2016Constructed of parts from Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Comets on Fire, and Howlin Rain, the eponymous San Francisco quartet drowns ethereal folk melodies in a cauldron of distortion and feedback.
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Mar 11, 2016Yes, notes and chords are fun and all, but these songs are precisely-controlled messes, and beautifully so. Simply put, Heron Oblivion is a guitar-centric record for those who thought Marquee Moon was too linear.
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May 13, 2016It’s the pastoral style of Pentangle overlaid with crazed early-70s wah-wah duelling--think a pistols-at-dawn affaire d’honneur between Larry Wallis and Mick Bolton--and it’s very good indeed.
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Mar 18, 2016Rock that soothes and sears at once is a rare thing, and Heron Oblivion has made a whole album that makes the contradictions feel like an ancient tradition.
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Mar 11, 2016One of the strongest debut albums in recent memory.
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The WireMar 8, 2016The guitar duels still give plenty of heat and smoke, but they're more smouldering and linear than Comets' intemperate explosions. [Mar 2016, p.46]
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Mar 8, 2016It's quite simply a thrilling, white-knuckle ride of a record. Its quieter moments are really just momentary respite from a soaring squall of sonic psychedelics.
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Mar 2, 2016A Heron Oblivion moment--there’s a powerful one in nearly every track.
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MojoMar 1, 2016Their debut album triumphs, thanks to how well those constituent parts complement each other. [Apr 2016, p.91]
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Mar 1, 2016On their debut album, they strike a balance between delicate, pastoral folk and heavy, loud space rock, with Meg Baird's fragile, wispy vocals sharing the stage with Noel von Harmonson and Charlie Saufley's crushing guitar solos.
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Mar 3, 2016The songs are moody and dark, with clear moments of guitar solo-driven catharsis.
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UncutMar 1, 2016Trees might be the best '70s antecedent; the Japanese Ghost a more modern analogue for these seething reveries, tantalisingly poised on the edge of freak-out. [Apr 2016, p.74]
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Q MagazineMar 1, 2016Baird's pure vocals might promise a bucolic dream, but there's the seed of a nightmare mushrooming here, a tension Heron Oblivion push as far out as they can. [Apr 2016, p.107]
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Mar 1, 2016The songs aren’t always resolved and have an element of hit-or-miss jam around the edges, but they are thrilling at times.