Holiday Mountain Electrifies The Crowd at Higher Ground Music
by Charlie Sullivan
One of the highlight performances of the day, among many, was a little known psych-dub-pop trio out of Austin, Texas called Holiday Mountain. All I can say is WOW, what a dynamic act, bring them back next year and put them on a bigger stage with some lights. The band was full of electricity and electrified those who were privy to catch their act. Taking the stage in costume, I had visions of Devo and the B-52’s, the act lit up the masses and took off to the nether regions of the cosmos and brought everyone along for the ride. The crowd continued to swell until the final number as those meandering by were sucked in by the infectious grooves emanating from the Hard Rock Café stage. The outfit had everyone moving and grooving to their dynamic sounds, I hadn’t witnessed that since a Violent Femmes show in the in the late 80’s; and those in attendance were buzzing about the band long after they completed their set and lining up to buy a CD and talk to the band.
Laura Patiǹo (vocals, synths/organ), Bradley Will (synths, bass, vocals), and Zander Kagle (drums/electroni drums) set the standard for the acts that would follow. Holiday Mountain has fully grasped the concept of entertaining an audience- high energy, an infectious new sound, working the audience, and have a ball doing it! It’s viral that the band knows how to meld with the audience, making everyone a participant in the show. This is an act that would pair well with St. Vincent. Local bands take notice, the gauntlet has been thrown down in Austin, Texas and it’s time to show them what we can do in Denver.
The band takes their name from Billie Holiday and the Rocky Mountains a point of inspiration for Patiǹo. Interestingly enough the bands members are all alumnus of Berklee College of Music in Boston. The band independently released their debut LP, Become Who You Are in 2012 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. I gave it a spin on the way home from the festival and my gut tells me the band is going to be somewhat famous in the not too distant future.
Online: holidaymountainmusic.com
Category: National News
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