When a heavy deep misty night descends in Vancouver, BC,
smothering the city in thick musty scents of depravity and treacle-like fuzz
grooves, there is only one beacon of light that shines out through the night,
and it comes from a band whose riffs can destroy all that lay before it. With
their newest EP, We Hunt Buffalo are an unstoppable juggernaut of fuzzy riffs,
long drawn out grooves, and passion deeper than a hole in the world.
Following on from their debut self-titled full length
from 2012, Blood From A Stone is
every stoner groove fans wet dream, at times ferocious speeding riffs, at the
next, mighty slabs of groove-laden destruction. The vocals of Ryan Forsythe have developed
into an orgasmically heavy crescendo that sounds like he’s had a lifetimes
worth of toil to pour out, and with continued expression, he could well become
the leading voice of the genre, giving John Garcia a run for his money.
We Hunt Buffalo’s sound has changed slightly from their
debut record, while they may have been praised for their experimentation with
synths into the fuzz gloom, Blood From A Stone is much more raw, stripping
fuzzy stoner rock down to its bare bones. But rather than taking anything away
from the band, this shows how much they have to offer as songwriters, not
hiding behind unique selling points, but instead just showing how utterly
awesome they are at their craft. With ‘Cobwebs’
and particularly ‘Hometown’, they do nothing shy of melting your face with wave
upon wave of heavy riffs, begging you to drop to your knees, snap your neck
back, and look to whatever deity you’ve fallen for, begging for heaven to be a
continuous eternal riff like the one before you.
We Hunt Buffalo have incredible things awaiting them, I
wouldn’t try to stand in their way if I were you.
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