Huanastone - Son Of Juno

 

 

Huanastone - Son Of Juno
Self-released – 2024
Stoner Rock, Grunge, Alternative, Nineties, Blues
Rated: ****

It seems to come in waves. The influences that rise up through the Heavy Underground that were always there to begin with but get more attention at one point in time. Making albums drift more towards the progressive side of things, the psychedelic stomping grounds, the early proto days or start of it all, the blues… The Huanastone four hail from Malmö, Sweden and seems to show us on Son Of Juno that the blues was and always will be the main undercurrent for the Heavy Underground. Grunge, Stoner Rock and everything else the Alternative Nineties gave us, had that coursing through its veins. But on Son Of Juno, they take those genres and inject it with even more blues. Turning it almost viscose. And even though they are mainlining their stoner and grunge sound on the blues of yore, those minor swirling Psychedelic touches and wavey Desert Rock vibes make Son Of Juno that album you need to hear. They start off intensely grunge and alternative nineties, evoking the spirit of Alice In Chains and Soundgarden and turning it into something completely their own. Opening track … And Then Came The Sun opens with these dragging guitar lines, that dissipate and give room to the vocals to exhale, to breathe life into the song, to give extra meaning to the lyrics, to the turning of the page, to the sun finally arriving. Intention articulated to perfection. Following title track Son Of Juno, boasts much of the same and at the same time offers it in tenfold. And once you get to that forlorn sounding guitar in the middle, Son Of Juno is swinging deep inside every one of your pores. That guitar is so beautifully done and time and place will be immediately out of focus, you are there with them, feeling the blues on whatever imaginary landscape they inhabited while crafting it. Four more song follow, that let the blues creep in more and more. And then there’s absolute smashing instrumental end song Red Dunes, that has guitar lines climbing mountains, braving thunderstorms and hitting like lightning over and over. And Huanastone managed to capture all those flashes and bottled it up…

(Written by JK)

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