Burner Herzog's Anthemic Psych-Pop Album “Random Person”

Burner Herzog have just released their latest long-player Random Person on Take-A-Turn Records with an accompanying video for the track “Metric Halo.” The band carries on with their tradition for belting out undeniably catchy tunes with big hooks and anthemic refrains with this new album. Burner Herzog was formed by multi-instrumentalist Jasper Leach in spring of 2015 as an outlet for some of his more overly ambitious recording projects. Inspired by Arthur Russell, Sun Ra and Paul Simon's Graceland, the project set out to make impossible-to-play-live pop symphonies. A multi-talented songwriter, musician, and recording engineer, he relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area to New York City in 2019. He was fresh off of recording and playing with a number of bands, including that of pop savant Tony Molina, and had called curtains on the Bay-based lineup of Burner Herzog, his solo project and a stage persona he describes as “an androgynous medium priest character of sorts... sort of like Alice Cooper, but less twisted.” The varied and dynamic sequence of songs on Random Person will surely please fans of Dinosaur Jr, Silver Apples, Silver Jews, Pere Ubu, The Breeders, and Pavement.

The video for “Metric Halo” was shot in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park where Leach wrote much of the album, walking around during COVID lockdowns and getting lost.

While Burner Herzog may be a bit tricky to label musically, some have likened them to bands like the Byrds or Pavement who work idiosyncratically in the underground idiom where indie meets country-rock, with little regard for what’s cool at the moment. The album is marked by intense self-reflection and trying to reorient one's identity in unfamiliar circumstances. There's a lot of upheaval, disorientation, alienation, but ultimately, there's also a lot of love and an embrace of something spiritual across all of the tunes.

Stream or Purchase Burner Herzog’s 12” Vinyl LP Random Person
https://takeaturn.bandcamp.com/album/random-person

Leach completed Burner Herzog’s debut mini-album Wonderful American in 2017 and formed a live lineup, the Universal Forces, to promote its release that summer. The group has played alongside Shannon Shaw, tunEyarDs, Gary Wilson and many others. Returning to the studio that autumn, the group began work on BIG LOVE which saw release on legendary Bay Area label Paisley Shirt Records in 2020. The album received positive reviews from Austin Town Hall, Week in Pop, and RIFF Magazine. Random Person feels like Leach’s finest work yet and an excellent showcase for a versatile band that deserves to be heard far and wide. Dive into this unforgettably creative album to experience the highs and lows of Burner Herzog.

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