Artist · chart history
Helio Sequence
Band Beaverton United States Formed 1999
Helio Sequence formed in 1999 in Beaverton, United States. Helio Sequence has 8 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2004–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Blood Bleeds”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #65. The station that charted Helio Sequence most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Just two guys from Beaverton, Oregon, making a racket big enough for five: in the Helio Sequence, Brandon Summers sings and plays guitar while Benjamin Weikel covers the kit and the keyboards. They started in 1999, played their first gig at Portland's Mount Tabor Theater, and have made records both for the Portland label Cavity Search and for Sub Pop.
Keep Your Eyes Ahead, in 2008, is where the swirl snaps into focus. The title track, "Lately" and "Hallelujah" all come off it: indie rock that swells and shimmers, big guitars drowned in bigger reverb, with enough urgency to keep the dreaminess from ever turning drowsy. Touring with Keane followed, across the States in 2009 and around Britain on Keane's Night Train Tour in June 2010.
Negotiations, their fifth album, came out in 2012, and in 2013 they shared the top of the bill with Menomena on an American tour. For the self-titled record that followed in 2015 they tried a new trick: they wrote 26 songs, sent them to friends to pick their ten favorites, and built the album from the votes.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Helio Sequence on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Bleeds | 2 | #65 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Keep Your Eyes Ahead | 1 | #186 | – | – | |
| 3 | Lately | 2 | #523 | – | – | |
| 4 | October | 1 | #103 | – | 2013 | |
| 5 | Stoic Resemblance | 1 | #82 | – | 2015 | |
| 6 | Hallelujah | 1 | #612 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 728 | Lately | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s |
| 2019 | 186 | Keep Your Eyes Ahead | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time |
| 2019 | 523 | Lately | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time |
| 2019 | 612 | Hallelujah | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time |
| 2015 | 82 | Stoic Resemblance | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015 |
| 2013 | 103 | October | WBER Listener Countdown 2013 |
| 2005 | 65 (tie) | Blood Bleeds | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 |
| 2004 | 174 (tie) | Blood Bleeds | WBER Listener Countdown 2004 |
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