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the oh hellos

1/9/2021

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​The Oh Hellos (from the album Zephyrus available as a self-release) (by Bryant Liggett)
The Oh Hellos fourth release in their four-EP series is a wonderful notch of melodic weirdness. Like the preceding 3 EP’s, Zephyrus is a musical curveball coming in as a wild pitch, where unpredictable instrumentation are the building blocks of layered melodies and the lyrics come in hushed, whispered thick harmonies. Zephyrus is a bunch of experimental Pop coming from the Indie-Psychedelic laboratory, truly fitting the descriptor of ‘hard to define’.
“Rio Grande” begins like the soundtrack to a colonial film, the 46-second transitional “Holding on Where I Am Able” giving way to the big, dramatic “Theseus”. It’s a cut with subtle Folk leanings and harmony vocals, where blips and bleeps push it into Psychedelic Electro territory. “Murmurations – Reading the Augury” is another under a minute psych-blast that rolls into the 80’s new-wave influenced “Soap”, where a dance riff and subtle break beat defines the tune. The first minute and a half of the closer in “Rounds” is a score for a nature program before the Heath harmonies once again kick in as gentle vocals that Zephyrus. The harmonies are fabulous, vocal anchors that drive odd melodies and weird walls of sound on a record that defines gentle Folk with hints of psychedelia. (by Bryant Liggett)
 
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