Now Melbourne, Australia quintet Heirs are asked to endure the label "avant-garde post-doom." I'm not inclined to disagree, but that's because I don't have a clue what it means. The _Hunter_ EP presents a quasi-heavy approach to somber trance-inducing rock songs. There are no vocals, except maybe the synthetic variety on the occasional countermelody. Slow repetitions mount toward tingling highs, not peaks so much as springboards for further ascension. There have been no monumental instrumental upheavals, though the guitars on "Never Land" get their turn to play noisy foil rather than melodic lead. Keyboards fade up and back down again without much fanfare save for the 100-second mark of "Symptom", when a startling homage to mid-'80s fantasy musical _Labyrinth_ splices itself into the song's otherwise earthy fabric.

Think Horseback without the processed rasping or endless hazy mood-stabilizer; think Isis and Aereogramme _In the Fishtank_ without the sludge undertones or glittering post-rock overtones; think Mastodon's work for _Jonah Hex_, but less unnecessary. Better yet, don't think. Let Heirs carry you to a pure, nonverbal mindspace on buoying waves of gently persistent beats, soul-melting bass lines, and effortless guitar semi-melodies. These words on your screen mean nothing. Lean closer, let me hum it to you...