Heavenly Is Featured In The London Review of Books

Stephanie Burt has a long post in the London Review of Books about Heavenly, a band she has loved since their original iteration. Burt writes, “The first time I saw Heavenly play, in 1991, I wasn’t sure what I’d seen: a girl-group revival? Children’s music, amplified? I figured out days later that my life had changed: this kind of beauty (and girlishness) seemed meant for me… Any good indie pop song rests on its hooks, but most bands stop at one per song. “Heavenly load every riff with ore, allotting their hooks among the old-school organs, the start-and-stop verses, the shimmery intros and the rainbow bridges. Living among them, at this point, means not only living with moments – the moments any great pop song elevates – but living amid whole stories, some lasting three minutes, some thirty years.” Go here to read this substantive piece, which functions both as a review of their new album Highway To Heavenly and a historical record of the band’s significance to an entire generation.

Heavenly is touring North America now:

4/21 – Toronto, ON – The Great Hall
4/23 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
4/24 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
6/21 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
6/22 – Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater
6/24 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
6/26 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
6/27 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
6/28 – Vancouver, BC – Hollywood Theatre