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yeah i feel like i didn't appreciate that band enough! anyway, the new baird has the espers vibe aplenty.

tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link

Espers II is a towering work of art to me

tyler did you ever dig on Metal Mountains?

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link

i haven't dug too deep into them -- tower recordings related, right?

tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:10 (nine years ago) link

yep former members....

but yeah their 2011 album Golden Trees is otherworldly, higher recommended and if you dig Espers I think you will love it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCw0GjBgki4

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link

classically titled ILM thread
Metal Mountains is melting me

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link

vinyl long gone but few for sale for not too bad on discogs

kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:15 (nine years ago) link

oh cool, so pg six is in there too? his records are kind of underrated i think.

tylerw, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link

loved that Metal Mountains album back then but in my memories that track wasn't 11+ minutes long

moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 06:03 (nine years ago) link

five months pass...

saw her play a lovely show in london the other day, playing with i presume the same electric guitar guy on the album, whose playing is great imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEyrIQgR4Jo

addition of that guy also allowed for a very nice rendition of espers' 'mansfield and cyclops'

Merdeyeux, Thursday, 17 September 2015 01:28 (eight years ago) link

six months pass...

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/03/09/heron-oblivion/

j., Monday, 11 April 2016 04:17 (eight years ago) link

Really like this record

Mule, Monday, 11 April 2016 06:25 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

live heron oblivion show from last weekend -- massive jams. http://www.nyctaper.com/2016/05/heron-oblivion-may-28-2016-union-pool/
interestingly, it seems that meg guests on the forthcoming chris robinson brotherhood album?

tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link

saw em last night; sounded gorgeous.

dc, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 14:58 (seven years ago) link

The Heron Oblivion album is amazing.

Matt DC, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link

it definitely delivers! hoping it's not a one-off -- there's a tune on that NYC Taper recording that isn't on the album...

tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link

i was at that show and it was really fuckin something. (chris forsyth + smb opened.) all the psych cliches about face melting and brain shredding were in full effect.

adam, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link

Fantastic, thanks a lot. Been surprised that i Haven't come across any live sets from them on torrent sites so far.
Was really hoping I'd find something while I waited for the lp release, & then had to hang around while I got a copy delivered since one disappeared on me.

Stevolende, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link

I should of gone to the show DC saw last night. Liking the album enough

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link

pretty folk voice over psychedelic guitar freakout seems predictable at this point in time, but they do it well

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link

live set is fire, really makes up for the slight daintiness i sometimes rue on the album

j., Friday, 3 June 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

another live set - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Heron_Oblivion/Live_at_Monty_Hall_5262016/

tylerw, Wednesday, 13 July 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link

two years pass...

crosspost to the Mary Lattimore thread but MB makes this beautiful rendition: https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/track/fair-annie

seandalai, Sunday, 25 November 2018 02:16 (five years ago) link

the lattimore / baird LP is great.
think there is supposed to be a new Heron Oblivion record next year ...

tylerw, Sunday, 25 November 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link

new record is awesome. they're playing union transfer together early february (opening for steve gunn) and i am stoked

reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 26 November 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link

two years pass...

I picked up a second hand CD of Don't Weigh Down the Light. (I was already turned on to Heron Oblivion.) I'm really enjoying this. I suppose all of Baird's stuff is basically worth tracking down, right? I suspect it will be an availability thing here in Germany. Will check Discogs.

BTW, the CD is signed, which is nice.

Duke, Monday, 30 August 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link

It's all great — worth tracking own the Baird Sisters LP as well.

tylerw, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link

espers II is one that sticks with me

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link

Weed Tree is my fave Espers but it's all good

sleeve, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link

Thanks. I've got two albums on the way - Dear Companion and the Lattimore collaboration. That may be enough for now. But I can keep an eye out..

Duke, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link

A Meg Baird/Mega Bog collab could totally work and the names should render it inevitable. Hop on it Paradise of Bachelors.

Citole Country (bendy), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link

one year passes...

Furling is really lovely.

think there is supposed to be a new Heron Oblivion record next year ...

still holding out hope here!

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 February 2023 22:24 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

Great show tonight with her and Chris Forsyth on their short tour out here -- both good sets with Forsyth joining her at the end of hers for a couple of songs.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 March 2023 07:21 (one year ago) link

was great in minneapolis. doug mccombs adds adds a lot to the forstyth band.

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 2 March 2023 14:41 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

It's taken me a while to get around to it, but the new album is, unsurprisingly, gorgeous.

Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:09 (eleven months ago) link

it really is, feels like a classic to me.

tylerw, Friday, 19 May 2023 15:10 (eleven months ago) link

She's always had that timeless quality but this absolutely could have been released any time in the last 50 years.

Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:15 (eleven months ago) link

Yeah, the new one is absolutely fantastic.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 May 2023 15:25 (eleven months ago) link

Quite right

Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 May 2023 15:28 (eleven months ago) link

one month passes...

Just popping in to remind myself and others how great the new record is. 'Ashes, Ashes' is reminding me of *The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys* this evening. Damn.

Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Thursday, 6 July 2023 18:54 (nine months ago) link


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