Labels: Jezus Factory Records
Review by: Ted Reynolds
I was hoping this band were named after a real Heron, a super sized gigantic Heron, standing tall on its tall
skinny legs flapping its huge wing span and making other little Herons jealous, but it isn’t. Disappointment
Number one.
Grand Blue Heron are a Belgian band formed out of the ashes of another Belgian band called Hitch (who I
assume were named after their favourite film ‘Hitch’ ((Will Smith’s best work?)). It’s slow burning noisyish
alt rock. Honestly it’s ok. It doesn’t do a great deal for me personally – I have never been able to get into
A lot of this stuff, it’s not quite as horrible sounding as I need. It steps into artiness, but never too far
as to be hard to listen to, which if I’m honest I would prefer.
A bit more like a freaky noisy Americana band. Is this what the Jesus Lizard sound like? I have never bothered to get into them, as disgusting as that might make me.
No real issues with it – its good quality hard rock, with an ‘edge’, and a sprinkle of Americana. Just not for
me, you may think it’s a blinder.