The Heavy Hours

The Heavy Hours emerged at the beginning of the 2020s with an organic blend of alt-rock punch and thoughtful folk-driven storytelling. The Cincinnati band's Wildfire EP helped them earn a label deal in advance of their 2022 debut full-length, Gardens. An eponymous sophomore long-player appeared the following year. Taking their name from a line by Irish poet William Butler Yeats, the Heavy Hours formed in 2018, though their friendship dates back to their high school years. Inspired as much by folk music as by soaring post-rock, the band's sound is a rich amalgam of guitar-bas...