Holiday Mountain trek the trail to Underbelly, Will's Pub, Tropical Heatwave Music Festival and Dunedin Brewery
Published by Sareth Ney on April 3, 2015 at 12:59 p.m.
Photo credit: Big Picture Media.
Photo credit: Big Picture Media
Fla.—Holiday Mountain is hitting the road and making a few stops in Fla. On April 29, they will be at Underbelly in Jacksonville. Then, they will be performing at Will's Pub on April 30 in Orlando. They will continue to the Tropical Heatwave Music Festival in Tampa, on May 2. Dunedin Brewery in Dunedin on May 3 will close out the tour of the Sunshine State. Before they embark on the summer tour, they will have a residency at The Scott Inn in Austin, Texas. The tour will begin at Lola's Saloon in Fort Worth, Texas and conclude at Keep Austin Weird on June 27.
Laura Patiño is the keyboardist and vocalist, Bradley Will plays the synth, bass and provides vocals and Zander Kagle is the drummer of Holiday Mountain. The three of them met, while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston. The common ground they had the same yearning to push their music boundaries as far as they could. They are influenced by Billie Holiday, Little Dragon, M.I.A., Major Lazer and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Their sound is a mixture of world, dance and pop music genres. It has been described the subgenre "psych-dub".
Holiday Mountain will be on tour promoting their soon to be released EP, "You Be You, Part 1". It is scheduled to be released on April 28. It was produced by Grammy-nominated producer, CJ Eiriksson (U2, Phish). For the EP, he mixed unconventional melodies with "danceable grooves and beats". They were heightened by Patiño's desolate yet unearthly vocal sound.
Recently, Holiday Mountain released the music video for "Slow Motion Thugs" and it can be seen on SPIN's website. To view the video, please click here. Pre-orders are being taken for the EP and "Slow Motion Thugs" can be downloaded by clicking here.
The track listing for "You Be You, Part 1" is:
1. My Body
2. Feelin' It
3. Starlight
4. Get Really Freaky
5. Slow Motion Thugs
6. Bug
7. With You (ft. Wild Child)
After performing at South By Southwest (SXSW), Patiño had some advice for Holiday Mountain's fans.
"It's okay to be who you are, dance hard even when everyone is looking at you, and f**k the haters."
To visit Holiday Mountain's website, please click here. To "Like" them on facebook, please click here. To follow them on Instagram, please click here. To follow them on twitter, please click here.
April 3 - Fort Worth, Texas, Lola's Saloon
April 4 - Austin, Texas, Scoot Inn (Residency w/ Mexican Institute of Sound)
April 10 - San Antonio, 502 Bar
April 11 - Austin, Texas, Scoot Inn (Residency w/ Man Man)
April 18 - Austin, Texas, Scoot Inn (Residency w/ Turquoise Jeep)
April 23 - Dallas, Three Links
April 24 - Corpus Christi, Texas, Texas House of Rock
April 25 - Austin, Texas, Scoot Inn (Residency w/ The Suffers)
April 29 - Jacksonville, Fla., Underbelly
April 30 - Orlando, Fla., Will's Pub
May 2 - Tampa, Fla., Tropical Heatwave Music Festival
May 3 - Dunedin, Fla., Dunedin Brewery
May 7 - Winston-Salem, N.C., The Garage
May 8 - Philadelphia, North Star Bar
May 9 - Brooklyn, N.Y., Brooklyn Night Bazaar w/ Har Mar
May 11 - New York, Pianos
May 13 - Toronto, ON, The Drake
May 15 - Providence, R.I, Fete Lounge
May 16 - Boston, 939 Café
May 23 - Columbus, Ohio, Double Happiness
May 25 - Rock Island, Ill., Rozz-Tox (Daytrotter's Moeller Mondays)
May 27 - Chicago, Schubas
June 1 - Omaha, Neb., Slowdown
June 2 - Kansas City, Mo., Riot Room
June 4 - Denver, Lost Lake Lounge
June 5 - Salt Lake City, Kilby Court
June 6 - Boise, Idaho, Neurolux
June 9 - Vancouver, BC, Media Club
June 10 - Seattle, Barboza
June 13 - San Francisco, Neck of the Woods (Downstairs)
June 17 - San Diego, Soda Bar
June 18 - Los Angeles, The Satellite
June 20 - Tijuana, Mexico, Moustache
June 27 - Austin, Texas, Keep Austin Weird
Sareth Ney is a concert journalist for the Wu-Man Chu Chronicles. It is a division of A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. After graduating—he continued his four year apprenticeship with master of horror, Clive Barker. In California, he met members of the Wu-Tang Clan. He became the journalist/superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He inducts everyone into his hall of fame, "Supreme Clientele". His goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones. He is the founder and co-host of No Cover Podcast.