WL//WH New Music THE BLUE HERONS
I can’t recall how many times we have featured the ideal artistic union between Swiss multi-instrumentalist and composer Andy Jossi (The Churchhill Garden) and Los Angeles-based vocalist and lyricist Gretchen DeVault (The Icicles, Voluptuous Panic, and The Francine Odysseys) under The Blue Herons moniker, and with such an exhaustive press kit, it feels like there might be little left to add; plus the reference to our old treasured The Railway Children and The Sundays make them even more likeable to us.
The painstakingly crafted, enthralling new song, “Turned To Stone,” part of a work-in-progress new album, this time thought not to be a mere singles collection, scheduled to be released as a limited vinyl edition in 2026, is about feeling heavy and grey, missing the sunshine, and fearing that the turbulent headspace will stay dark and glum forever.
Bouncy drums and warm melodic bass pulses impel breezy acoustic strums and sparkling Byrds-esque Rickenbacker chimes, to effortlessly resonate with crystalline emotional urgency, crammed with swelling flickering nostalgic harmonies, surging in a final subtly fuzzy mist of hope around layers of vibrant, emotional clear vocals, shifting between soaring angst and wistful longing, ‘through an evocative sonic journey through November’s gray, reminding us that even the longest nights yield to day.’
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