Self Released – Sleeping Village https://blocks.chrisheckman.com A website for music you probably hate and pictures of the sweaty people who make the music you probably hate. Thu, 14 May 2026 19:39:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/wp-content/uploads/SV-Warp-Icon.svg Self Released – Sleeping Village https://blocks.chrisheckman.com 32 32 Tobe Nwigwe – Round Here (Part 1) https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/tobe-nwigwe/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/tobe-nwigwe/#respond Sat, 23 Sep 2023 17:00:35 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/tobe-nwigwe/ The Bill Burr line is pretty awful, but other than that, I really like this song.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/tobe-nwigwe/feed/ 0 Charles the Osprey –  Fermin Romero de Torres https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/charles-the-osprey-fermin-romero-de-torres/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/charles-the-osprey-fermin-romero-de-torres/#respond Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:57:44 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/charles-the-osprey-fermin-romero-de-torres/ The liner notes for this album include “We made this album just as we made Consider, with no overdubs, loop pedals or effects pedals so we could preform it live exactly as it is on this record.” My dudes, effects pedals, even loopers, are portable. You can easily use those in a live setting, many bands do.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/charles-the-osprey-fermin-romero-de-torres/feed/ 0 Great Falls – Stage Falls https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/great-falls-stage-falls/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/great-falls-stage-falls/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:00:28 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/great-falls-stage-falls/ This band never disappoints. Their next full length is going to crush.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/great-falls-stage-falls/feed/ 0 Chained to The Bottom Of The Ocean –  With This Dagger In My Heart I Shall Turn The World To Ash https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/chained-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-with-this-dagger-in-my-heart-i-shall-turn-the-world-to-ash/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2023/chained-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-with-this-dagger-in-my-heart-i-shall-turn-the-world-to-ash/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:00:31 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/chained-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-with-this-dagger-in-my-heart-i-shall-turn-the-world-to-ash/ This sounds like a band that named themselves after a Thou song and its great.

They have a new album out, go get it.

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Album of the year material.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2022/helpless-sorrow-iron-gag/feed/ 0 Eve Beeker – The Depths of Our Trauma is the Well From Which We Draw Our Compassion https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2021/eve-beeker/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2021/eve-beeker/#respond Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:47:00 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/eve-beeker/

I’ve been listening to this album a lot the last couple weeks.

Go get it.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2021/eve-beeker/feed/ 0 Lingua Ignota – Woe To All (On The Day of My Wrath) https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2018/lingua-ignota-woe-to-all-on-the-day-of-my-wrath/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2018/lingua-ignota-woe-to-all-on-the-day-of-my-wrath/#respond Sat, 28 Apr 2018 19:00:16 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/lingua-ignota-woe-to-all-on-the-day-of-my-wrath/ The first 5 minutes and 15 seconds of this are fantastic, then it loses me until the 12 minute mark. But at 15 total minutes, this is tough listen.

But those first 5 minutes.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2018/lingua-ignota-woe-to-all-on-the-day-of-my-wrath/feed/ 0 Aminals – War Widows https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/aminals-war-widows/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/aminals-war-widows/#respond Sun, 12 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/aminals-war-widows/ A bandcamp supporter comments sum this up perfectly: “Been a fan since 06/07 which is scary to think about. Phenomenal band. A total mystery as to how they aren’t bigger.”

How does a band like this fly under the radar for 10 years (at least as far as I can tell)?

An incredibly hard to search band name already doesn’t help. Neither does a great though sort of generic sound. Aminals are good, they are totally nailing that early 00s metal/hardcore Converge thing, but so have lots of bands.

Despite what it might sound like, I do like the album and its free on their bandcamp page.

Photo by Trevor Roper (stolen from Facebook).

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2016/aminals-war-widows/feed/ 0 Materic – If The Straw Is Dry, It Will Light Up https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2015/materic-if-the-straw-is-dry-it-will-light-up/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2015/materic-if-the-straw-is-dry-it-will-light-up/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:00:00 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/materic-if-the-straw-is-dry-it-will-light-up/ This band is Russian, so I apologize right off the bat if Google translate has mangled the original untranslated Russian title of this song: “если солома высохла, она загорится”.

Sort of droney post rock with some 90s emo touches, particularly in the vocals.  

Its free on their Bandcamp page.

]]> https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2015/materic-if-the-straw-is-dry-it-will-light-up/feed/ 0 Hoarse – Sour Meat https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2014/hoarse-sour-meat/ https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/2014/hoarse-sour-meat/#respond Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:57:49 +0000 https://blocks.chrisheckman.com/hoarse-sour-meat/ Australian noise rock with a touch of sleaze. 

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