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Blue Heron Premiere “Black Blood of the Earth” Video

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Though one may have seen their name around in the sphere of Magnetic Eye Records ‘Redux’ offerings for Pink Floyd or AC/DC, Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Blue Heron will make their standalone debut with the two-songer 7″, Black Blood of the Earth / A Sunken Place, on Dec. 3. And while it could be tempting to think of those comp appearances and even the coming single as a soft opening, doing so hardly accounts for the sonic heft present in the material itself. There are a few lessons to take away from the four-piece’s video for “Black Blood of the Earth,” premiering below.

To wit, first and foremost, let us all be reminded of what a difference a truly great drummer can bring to a lineup. These guys aren’t newcomers by any stretch — you can see vocalist Jadd Shickler (also of Blues Funeral Recordings/ex-MeteorCity, etc.) andblue heron black blood of the earth guitarist Mike Chavez‘s connection to Spiritu in the info below — and it’s pretty clear they’re not doing anything by accident. That includes filming their first video live on stage. As introductions go, their presence for a hometown getdown at The Launch Pad is no less engaging than the song itself, which is elbows and knees early, brash in its groove, before tripping out later with a whispered spoken vocal on top. As the camera flashes between ShicklerChavez, bassist Steve Schmidlapp (who wins at t-shirts with Mad Season, as one invariably would) and drummer Ricardo Sanchez, just watch the whole-body-all-in technique of the latter. Dude has the kind of energy in his play that even in a clip like this you can see infects a whole room in the best way possible. Showy? Yeah, but neither is he missing a beat.

And if you can dig that — and yeah, you can — you’re gonna be able to get on board with the rest of the surroundings, which rolls out heavy at first and digs into a well-yes-that-will-do-nicely nod to underscore the solo section before the jam really takes off. If that last movement informs as to anything, it’s that the atmosphere with which “Black Blood of the Earth” caps was there all along. Go back and start the song over and you’ll hear it, or at least take a second to process how not-at-all out of place that jam is and you’ll understand. Either way, that’s classic heavy rock and roll songcraft at work, and with their debut full-length, Ephemeral, apparently already done, it only makes that record something more to look forward to.

That’s my spiel. Thanks for reading.

Enjoy the clip below:

Blue Heron, “Black Blood of the Earth” video premiere

Blue Heron on “Black Blood of the Earth”:

Every new band has that song that comes together and it finally feels like you’re not searching for your sound anymore, and this was that song for us. It morphed and changed a bunch of times and runs the spectrum of what we do, from sludge on steroids to spacey melodies to a sick goddamn breakdown that we don’t ever get tired of. As a way to announce ourselves to the world, it’s pretty perfect, a massive, balls-out mini-epic straight from the New Mexico desert.

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“Black Blood of the Earth” written by Blue Heron
Taken from the “Black Blood of the Earth / A Sunken Place” 7-inch

Available at: https://blueheronabq.bandcamp.com/

Video edited by J.T. Schmidlapp for BassRezin Studios (@bassrezin)

Filmed by Mike Gerdes and J.T. Schmidlapp at The Launch Pad, Albuquerque, NM, June 11, 2021.

Formed in 2018, Blue Heron is a heavy rock band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and our firsthand relationship with the desert is inextricable from who we are and how we sound. Surrounded by endless horizons that spark a compulsion to fill the vastness with massive volume, we saturate our 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’s first desert-style rock band, who burned briefly yet brightly with a Jack Endino-produced debut LP, a European tour with Clutch, Spiritual Beggars and Dozer, and a compilation slot next to Entombed and Mastodon.

On December 10th, Blue Heron will self-release our Black Blood of the Earth / A Sunken Place single on 7-inch vinyl and digital formats. We also have a track on Magnetic Eye’s forthcoming Best of AC/DC [Redux] (Dec 3rd), alongside the likes of Supersuckers, Domkraft and Witchskull.

Blue Heron has completed work on our debut album, Ephemeral, and is currently in search of a label.

Blue Heron are:
Jadd Shickler- Vocals
Mike Chavez- Guitar
Steve Schmidlapp- Bass
Ricardo Sanchez- Drums

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