![]() ![]() ![]() Either way, your best bet is to stick to the first two records and hope they can recapture some of their initial spark in the future. If you want to be charitable, chalk it up as a holding pattern on the way to something better, maybe even a "grower." If not, call it the death knell of the Helio Sequence. Not as innovative as the Flaming Lips, say, but certainly better than South or Elbow. ٥٢ views, ٣ likes, ٣ loves, ٠ comments, ٠ shares, Facebook Watch Videos from the Loved: Portland friends, we’re so excited to play for you, and share the stage with The Helio Sequence (Official). Maybe to a fresh set of ears, Love and Distance might sound like an interesting take on the whole modern Radiohead-y guitar rock with electronics thing. World Cafe welcomes back Oregon duo The Helio Sequence, featuring Brandon Summers on vocals and guitars and Benjamin Weikel on drums and keyboards. ![]() Topaz Farms 17100 NW Sauvie Island Rd Portland, OR 97231 United States (map). Perhaps the palpable sense of disappointment here comes from loving the band's first two records so much. Thursday, Septem5:00 PM 9:30 PM 17:00 21:30. Not exactly what the Helio Sequence used to do but better than bland. The only song that really makes much of an impression is the closing "Looks Good (But You Looked Away)." It's the kind of cosmic country that Beachwood Sparks do so well, with a very nice laid-back, outer space feel. The music all just washes past it's the kind of record you can sit through and at the finish not remember a thing about it. It must be something about the plaintive voice and ponderous tempos, the Stones guitar riffing, the bluesy feel of songs like "People of the Secret." Growing up doesn't have to mean growing bland, but it seems to be what happened to the Helio Sequence. ![]() Parts of the album are even reminiscent of the Stone Roses' bloated Second Coming fiasco. Instead of sounding like the teenage spawn of My Bloody Valentine and Mouse on Mars, now they sound like Radiohead's very earnest cousin. The tempos drag, the lyrics are nothing special, the electronics nothing much to care about. Negotiations The Helio Sequence 2012 6.8 By Paul Thompson Genre: Rock Label: Sub Pop Reviewed: SeptemThe longstanding Portland duo is in the midst of an impressive second act. The guitars no longer howl and crash about they are layered carefully and applied cautiously. Instead of dreamily floating along with the waves of noise, now Brandon Summers grittily shouts over the top. It is still fairly loud, dreamy rock, but the wall of sound has been pared way back and the vocals have been brought to the forefront. Their third album, Love and Distance, is not exciting, not very melodic, and quite mature. (You can check out the full summer lineup and ticket sales here.The Helio Sequence's first two albums were dense, exciting blasts of noise, melody, and electronic wildness that seemed to jump out of the speakers. artists, Oakland’s Thao Nguyen, and The Helio Sequence, a Sub Pop indie-rock duo with Beaverton origins. The first two shows, held the second and third Thursdays of July, featured the Banjo Killers with Tony Furtado and Scott Law, and local singer-songwriter Chris Pureka with Seattle’s Damien Jurado.īut perhaps the most anticipated shows are still to come: Tonight’s (Thursday) sold-out show is a showcase from She Shreds Media, and future shows include a lineup of Mama Bird Recording Co. Kate Brown set a goal for lifting restrictions by the end of June, and on July 1, Topaz Farm announced a summer concert lineup stacked with notable local names and buzzy up-and-comers. Topaz observed that, “We probably survived as well as we did because our farm offered folks a little bit of normalcy.”īut as spring 2021 arrived, and it was still unclear when social distancing requirements would be lifted in Oregon, Topaz didn’t have plans to host concerts this summer. The farm also served as a much-needed escape for Portland families looking for an outdoor, COVID-safe way to get out of the house. KEXP Ap When The Helio Sequence set up in KEXP's studio with just one guitar, one drum kit, and two microphones, few expected such a full sound to emerge. But the community out here is so amazing-it was one of the reasons we wanted to stay.” “When we got the farm, we knew we didn’t know farming. “We made so many mistakes,” Topaz recalled. ![]()
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