Albuquerque, New Mexico's desert rock torchbearers BLUE HERON have announced the release of their new studio album "Everything Fades" on September 27th through Blues Funeral Recordings. Listen to the debut single and title track on all streaming services today!
BLUE HERON expand on their unyielding desert sound with a new slab of propulsive, sun-scorched riff-heaviness. "Everything Fades" finds the band reveling in low-tuned roil and amplifier hum, churning out swerving grooves as if the primordial spirit of the desert itself compels them.
Stream Blue Heron's new single "Everything Fades" at this location + listen to the single on all streaming services
Balanced between laid-back, meditative atmospherics and heavier, more aggressive lunges, BLUE HERON’s cruising jams and gritty stoner romps call to mind echoes of Kyuss, Clutch and Monster Magnet, as well as modern contemporaries Valley of the Sun and Greenleaf. Full of rhythmic intensity, sledgehammer riffing, and vocals ranging from clean and moody to howling and raw, "Everything Fades" covers a wide expanse of musical ground that shows how familiar influences can always be molded into inventive, exciting new forms.
The album will be issued on vinyl, CD digipack and digital formats on September 27th, with preorders available now via Blues Funeral Recordings.
BLUE HERON "Everything Fades" - Out September 27th on Blues Funeral Recordings
Preorder on Bandcamp, Bluesfuneral.com and SPKR shop
TRACKLIST:
1. Null Geodesic
2. Everything Fades
3. Swansong
4. We Breathe Darkness
5. Dinosaur
6. Trepidation
7. Clearmountain
8. Bellwether
9. Flight of the Heron
Surrounded by endless horizons, BLUE HERON formed in 2018 out of a compulsion to fill the vastness with massive volume, saturating their piece of desert with rolling, thunderous riffs, drums that pummel and swing, deep, thrumming tones and vocals that rip and roar.
BLUE HERON’s guitarist and singer were founding members of Spiritu, possibly Albuquerque, New Mexico's first desert rock band, whose brief burn in the early aughts included a Jack Endino-produced LP, a European tour with Clutch, Spiritual Beggars and Dozer, and a compilation appearance alongside Entombed and Mastodon. Their debut LP "Ephemeral" arrived in May of 2022 via Kozmik Artifactz in Europe and Seeing Red Records in the USA. Substantial appreciation in the underground led to performances at Ripplefest Texas and Monolith on the Mesa and opening slots for The Well, Elder, Black Mountain, Ruby the Hatchet, Howling Giant, Heavy Temple and The Obsessed, along with a swath of positive reviews throughout the heavy media.
In May 2023, BLUE HERON dropped three new tracks on a split LP with friends and fellow southwestern riff-purveyors High Desert Queen for Ripple Music’s Turned to Stone series, with cover art by award-winning comic and poster artist Johnny Dombrowski. The bands embarked on a short tour in August 2023, before BLUE HERON set to work on their next proper album with a summer 2024 release date in mind.
BLUE HERON is
2. Everything Fades
3. Swansong
4. We Breathe Darkness
5. Dinosaur
6. Trepidation
7. Clearmountain
8. Bellwether
9. Flight of the Heron
Surrounded by endless horizons, BLUE HERON formed in 2018 out of a compulsion to fill the vastness with massive volume, saturating their piece of desert with rolling, thunderous riffs, drums that pummel and swing, deep, thrumming tones and vocals that rip and roar.
BLUE HERON’s guitarist and singer were founding members of Spiritu, possibly Albuquerque, New Mexico's first desert rock band, whose brief burn in the early aughts included a Jack Endino-produced LP, a European tour with Clutch, Spiritual Beggars and Dozer, and a compilation appearance alongside Entombed and Mastodon. Their debut LP "Ephemeral" arrived in May of 2022 via Kozmik Artifactz in Europe and Seeing Red Records in the USA. Substantial appreciation in the underground led to performances at Ripplefest Texas and Monolith on the Mesa and opening slots for The Well, Elder, Black Mountain, Ruby the Hatchet, Howling Giant, Heavy Temple and The Obsessed, along with a swath of positive reviews throughout the heavy media.
In May 2023, BLUE HERON dropped three new tracks on a split LP with friends and fellow southwestern riff-purveyors High Desert Queen for Ripple Music’s Turned to Stone series, with cover art by award-winning comic and poster artist Johnny Dombrowski. The bands embarked on a short tour in August 2023, before BLUE HERON set to work on their next proper album with a summer 2024 release date in mind.
BLUE HERON is
Mike Chavez - Guitars
Ricardo Sanchez - Drums
Steve Schmidlapp - Bass
Jadd Shickler - Vocals
BLUE HERON links
Ricardo Sanchez - Drums
Steve Schmidlapp - Bass
Jadd Shickler - Vocals
BLUE HERON links
BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS links
Thanks to Purple Sage PR for all of the info.
