Heron - Self-Titled

So velvety and smooth... like a large bowl of ice cream covered in butter.
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Allmusic: Heron's self-titled debut LP was mild, drumless British folk-rock with the rural/pastoral feel common to many early-'70s records in the style. That pastoral feel, in this particular case, might have been in part deliberate; the record was actually recorded in a field by the River Thames, and though the sound quality is very good, you can occasionally hear some birds and faint ambient outdoors noises. The music is very friendly, acoustic guitar-based stuff that, as improbable as the blend seems on paper, is a little like a combination of Simon & Garfunkel with the Incredible String Band, though there aren't many of the weirder elements of the latter.


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