Night Heron / Caicedo
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The record is called “Instructions for Night.” And by the end of the first track on Night Heron’s debut, the listener knows who these instructions are for. They’re for those of us awake against our will: tossing in bed after a terrible fight, pacing the hallways of new parenthood, stricken with fear of unemployment or a bad test result. These instructions are for a person (or, in the case of 2020, perhaps an entire population) so dislocated by circumstance they no longer distinguish between night and day. There is only more or less light.
But what, exactly, are the instructions? They are whispery and multiple and mainly tell us what not to do. “Stop crying / Go back to sleep,” they tell us. (Sleeping Boy). They remind us that “martyrdom's been done before” (Dreamz). And lest we be tempted to seek solace in a device, we gaze into “1000 mirrors,” but there is only “one reflection.” And then, with soft insistence: “No one is looking at you / No one is looking at you. / No one is looking at you.”
Caicedo is a musical project that originated in Guadalajara, MX, founded by Vicco González. Their eclectic style blends dream-pop, psychedelia, and latin rhythms into a unique genre they describe as "Tropical Dream." Now based in Portland, Caicedo continues to captivate audiences with their distinct sound.