Featuring Post Paradise at 7:30 pm

If you’re in the northern Colorado area, here’s a great chance to catch the new and upcoming band, Post Paradise - tonight!

Hosted by Scene Magazine

Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 3:30pm – 11:30pm

Venue: Hamilton’s at 214 Linden St, Fort Collins, CO

Only a $2 cover charge for this amazing line up of new artists – all proceeds go to Colorado Contemporary Music College (http://www.coloradomusiccollege.org) tuition reduction program.

Post Paradise playing the FoCoMA Experiment - Aggie Theatre (Courtesy http://hudetzphotography.com)

Schedule:

• 3:30 GG Herman – Rock
• 4:45 Matt Leeke – Acoustic singer/songwriter
• 5:30 Otem Rellik – Experimental Hip Hop
• 6:15 Uri Hoffman – Piano singer/songwriter (taken ill)
• 6:30 Livest Vibe – Hip Hop
• 7:30 Post Paradise – Alt Rock
• 9:00 Killing the Messenger- Deaf Metal
• 10:15 After the Shock – Alt Metalcore

Also featuring ceramic artist Sherise Palvott

Amy Morgan - Post Paradise at the Aggie

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But don’t despair! You can still download Post Paradise latest songs and album,  From Here to Anywhere on iTunes:  

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Either way, less than $7.00 — Great deal!

Post Paradise are Nick Duarte (guitar/vocals), Josh Freed (bass), Amy Morgan (cello) and Craig Babineau (drums)

As you may know, at Savvant Music we search for music that is polished, with great live shows, awesome original music, well performed musically and ready for discerning listeners, and yet still under the radar of the major labels and major indies.  As such, we don’t usually write up bands that are just forming, but we’re making an exception with Post Paradise, because we’re so impressed with their fantastic song writing, arrangements and musicality of their performance.

Starting off at Hodi’s with Better Off Post Paradise immediately caught us with their full sound and very energetic and professional stage show.  Working through failing microphones and lack of monitor support, front man and composer Nick Duarte handled the challenging situation without batting an eye, pushing through the problems and delivering a great show through it all.

Post Paradise live

Duarte’s compositions use chord progressions and voicings you might not be used to in many rock bands, yet even with a cello instead of a guitar on the instrumental leads, this is unabashed rock music.  The rock steady groove set down by bassist Josh Freed and drummer Craig Babineau provides a rock and roll canvas for the lyrical counterpoint of Duarte’s well sung vocal melodies and the rocking riffs ripping out from the lovely Amy Morgan on the cello.

Another favorite song of mine on Post Pardise‘s playlist is the hard hitting irony in A Way With Words in which Duarte rocks back and forth between “A face that screams sincerity” and “The kind of fake that you adore” underlined with an intense and driving counter melody played by Morgan on the cello.

Post Paradise doesn’t yet have any formally released albums, but if you’re lucky you can pick up a free demo CD at one of their upcoming gigs. They’ll be playing on Saturday, April 11th at 6:00pm as part of the Fort Collins Music Experiment (FoCoMX) at the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins, Colorado on the bill with The Heyday, The Piggies, Common Anomaly, Roe and more. FoCoMX will feature over 100 bands from northern Colorado and is being put on by the Fort Collins Musicians Association (FoCoMa.org).

Note: Post Paradise recordings, songs and lyrics are copyright Post Paradise and are streamed here with permission.