Heavy Winged — Sunspotted

Heavy Winged are a sprawling North American trio made up of drummer Jed Bindeman, bassist Brady Sansone and guitarist Ryan Hebert. This time around the band escaped to a 'real' studio to record two slices of extended sludge rock, which come across as wider than ever thanks to some fresh recording techniques. Something like an unholy union between the sheet-noise of Yellow Swans and the blissful sub-harmonic transcendence of early Mogwai or Sonic Youth, 'Sunspotted' is an album that takes tried and tested sounds and bends them beyond recognition. Standing at the top of the band's already estimable catalogue, this album finds them at a key moment, where they have found a balance between fidelity and grit, harmony and discord.