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Helio Sequence at Neumo's a month ago. Good show. I love fun drummers.
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The Helio Sequence
Keep Your Eyes Ahead
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AMG Review of Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Andrew Leahey
All Music GuideOn 2004's Love and Distance, frontman Brandon Summers found his voice and pushed it the forefront of his band's swirling sound. The album was a step forward for the Helio Sequence, but it was still a haphazard move, one that found Summers yelping and shouting in an attempt to deliver a memorable performance. The frontman had an even tougher time on the road, where a string of shows steadily whittled his voice down to a raspy fraction of its original power. Four years later, Summers appears to have regained the use of his pipes, and the band's fourth album, Keep Your Eyes Ahead, is another sonic jump. Summers no longer yelps, perhaps because his scarred throat simply won't let him, and the group now alternates between massive psych-rock, dreamy pop, and Dylan-influence folk. For a band that used to channel My Bloody Valentine's mix of noise and beauty, folksy ballads like "Broken Afternoon" and "Shed Your Love" are a big change, a result of Summers' desire to slow down the band's galloping pace. But the group is still able to build up cloudy walls of sound, adding bubbling electronics and layers of instruments into songs that are lush, towering, and altogether gorgeous. The album's biggest songs -- "Hallelujah," "Can't Say No," and the reverb-drenched title track -- are driven not only by dense guitars, but also a new focus on melody. They're still too loud to be the work of a genuine pop band, but that's certainly where the Helio Sequence seems to be heading, having trimmed the length of their tunes (nothing here exceeds the 4:30 mark) and emphasized songcraft over pure ambience. If Love and Distance was the album that pushed the Helio Sequence off the rails, Keep Your Eyes Ahead is the sound of the duo getting back on track.
Because it's been much too long since I've posted here
New Helio Sequence Video For "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" Plus Free MP3
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The Helio Sequence have a new music video out today for "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" off their album of the same name. The video was made by Whitey McConnaughy and friends and filmed around Portland, Oregon "in the wee hours of the night." Helio Sequence: Keep Your Eyes AheadUploaded by subpoprecordsKeep Your Eyes Ahead was released in January '08 on Sub Pop. You can download the title song as a fr...
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Hallelujah
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The Helio Sequence have just released their fourth length album, Keep Your Eyes Ahead which is very fantastic album. Perfect harmony of instruments, synths and voice or whatever it is i love it. Check "Hallelujah" - Enjoy!
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Great Band!!! Gorgious Lyrics!!!
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I recently got this song sent to me and it reminds me of U2. Take a listen.
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MFNW - Portland's Music Festival Day 1 Nike's Bands in the Hood Review
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DAY 1: MFNW ( Music Fest North West) - It is Portland's annual music festival where both local and national ( and some international aka Arctic Monkeys, The Dirty Three) come to the Northwest and share their talents and energy with all the local fans as well as those around the globe ( example my cabbie last night picked up a carload of ladies from France who came to the festival). So, there is...
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Because it's been much too long since I've posted here
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Helio Sequence at Neumo's a month ago. Good show. I love fun drummers.
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Reviewing "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" for Scoot!
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My recently played are all Helio Sequence because I am reviewing the CD for Scoot! Magazine www.scootmagazine.com/.
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The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No
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I can't say no to this band, this song and their whole album! check them out.
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Keep coming back to this
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This track has been my driving music the last couple weeks... well, that was up until someone decided they wanted my radio more than I did.I wish they'd do more tracks with this sort of melancholy ambient mood.
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2008 Recap #2: The Helio Sequence Lose Their Voice, Get a Better One
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This has sort of become my tribute to great albums that are most likely going to be crossed off the short list for my Top 10 Albums of the Year. The Helio Sequence's Keep Your Eyes Ahead is going to be another tough one to exclude. Brandon Summers, the voice of the band, blew out [...]
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