Remember when heavy rock bands wrote songs? In the early
‘70s, Grand Funk, Bang, and Deep Purple brought hooks and choruses to seriously
weighty tunes. In 2015, Portland, Oregon’s Holy Grove walks in the long
footsteps of tradition, pitting soulful vocals, searing guitar solos, and
swinging grooves into its own Bic-flicking dinosaur stomp.
After wowing NW audiences for several years, the band is now
ready to unveil its self-titled debut—seven songs of blazing riffs, and
cloud-piercing wails, with enough rhythmic heft to satisfy today’s doom-hungry
audience. Vidal’s lyrics of myth and fantasy
coast on a massive flying carpet of guitar riffs, kept aloft by a pounding pulverizing rhythm section. Holy Grove is far more than a toe-dipped-in-the magic spring, but a patiently crafted statement of intent produced by the band with major love and assistance from master “engine-ear” Billy Anderson (Sleep, Melvins, etc).
coast on a massive flying carpet of guitar riffs, kept aloft by a pounding pulverizing rhythm section. Holy Grove is far more than a toe-dipped-in-the magic spring, but a patiently crafted statement of intent produced by the band with major love and assistance from master “engine-ear” Billy Anderson (Sleep, Melvins, etc).
Download Album: https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/holy-grove-st
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