Entertainment Weekly (2/20/04, p.66) - "Like fellow roots radical Tom Waits, Califone update the genre with arty concepts and ragged punk-rock grit." - Rating: B+ Q (2/04, p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[With] more floaty moodpieces or doomy dance grooves, peppered with space debris..." Uncut (3/04, p.92) - 4 stars out of 5 - "HERON KING BLUES is a free and forward-thinking kind of record, but also one that taps into forgotten, mythic resonances of American music without ever sounding ersatz, hokey or remotely contrived." Magnet (2/04, p.90) - "[C]ertain tracks here feel more cohesive and polished than anything in the band's catalog." Disc 1 0. DISC 1:
Disc 2 0. DISC 2:
Disc 1 1. Wingbone
Disc 2 1. Outro
Disc 1 2. Trick Bird
Disc 2 2. Electric Fence [Clava Live Version] - (live)
Disc 1 3. Sawtooth Stung a Cheater's Song
Disc 2 3. Sawtooth Sung a Cheater's Song [10.11.03, KVRX Radio, Austin, TX]
Disc 1 4. Apple
Disc 2 4. Ocean Was Lungs [Faraway Bells], The
Disc 1 5. Lion & Bee
Disc 2 5. I Walk on Gilded Splinters
Disc 1 6. 2 Sisters Drunk on Each Other
Disc 2 6. St. Martha [Clava Live Version] - (live)