Albuquerque, New Mexico based Stoner Rockers Blue Heron published the official video for the single “Dinosaur” taken from their sophomore full-length album, “Everything Fades,” set to release on September 27th, 2024 via Blues Funeral Recordings. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
Stream the single on all streaming services here: https://lnkfi.re/dinosaur
Says the band: “Our new single ‘Dinosaur’ is out now on all streaming services including a fun music video on our YouTube. We are so stoked to get this one out, it’s gonna be a big part of our live set, so go stream and blast it now!”
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.
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.
Blue Heron “Everything Fades” out September 27th on Blues Funeral Recordings: Pre-Order on Bandcamp, Bluesfuneral.com and SPKR shop
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.
Tracklist:
01. Null Geodesic
02. Everything Fades
03. Swansong
04. We Breathe Darkness
05. Dinosaur
06. Trepidation
07. Clearmountain
08. Bellwether
09. Flight Of The Heron
Lineup:
Mike Chavez / Guitars
Ricardo Sanchez / Drums
Steve Schmidlapp / Bass
Jadd Shickler / Vocals
