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The Year's Overlooked Gems

November 10, 2008 • We do our best to listen to a bit of everything. But there's only enough time and space to cover a fraction of it. Fortunately, NPR listeners help us find some of those buried and overlooked gems.

The Year's Overlooked Gems

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The Helio Sequence On World Cafe

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June 10, 2015 • The Oregon duo's self-titled sixth album contains some of its most refined pop music yet.

The Helio Sequence On World Cafe

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The Helio Sequence, "Red Shifting" (Live)

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The Helio Sequence, "Red Shifting" (Live)

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June 3, 2015 • Watch the band perform "Red Shifting," one of the products of a marathon songwriting session.

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World Cafe

The Helio Sequence On World Cafe

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January 30, 2013 • Hear the duo play songs from its new album and discuss the natural disaster that changed its sound.

The Helio Sequence On World Cafe

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World Cafe

The Helio Sequence: Less Can Be More

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July 7, 2008 • Self-produced by The Helio Sequence, Keep Your Eyes Ahead attests to a four-year maturation. With a seamless track sequence, the band creates a euphoric mixture of Dylan-inspired indie-rock and electro power-ballads. It's a surreal dream of musical experimentation that proves that less can be more.

The Helio Sequence: Less Can Be More

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The Helio Sequence: A Two-Man Wall of Sound

KEXP

April 22, 2008 • When The Helio Sequence set up in KEXP's studio with just one guitar, one drum kit, and two microphones, few expected such a full sound to emerge. Many challenges faced the band as it made Keep Your Eyes Ahead, yet its end result on CD and in the studio reveal focus and power.

The Helion Sequence in Studio on KEXP 1/29/08

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The Helio Sequence: Out of Silence

KEXP

April 15, 2008 • Singer Brandon Summers' vocal cords had been severely damaged following The Helio Sequence's last album and tour, necessitating a long period of recovery. Wrapping shoegazer rock in '60s doo-wop, "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" is his passionate plea to maintain focus in the face of long odds.

'Keep Your Eyes Ahead' by The Helio Sequence

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