Blue Heron

Surrounded by endless horizons, BLUE HERON formed in 2018 out of a compulsion to fill the vast New Mexico expanse 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. 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 Greenleaf and High Desert Queen. Full of rhythmic intensity, sledgehammer riffing and vocals ranging from clean and moody to howling and raw, they cover a wide expanse of musical ground that shows how familiar influences can be molded into exciting new forms.