Nathan Brasil - guitar, singing, and proofreading.
Suzi Allegra - bass, singing, and the art of being lovelorn.
John Fate - beats, singing, and match making.
T. Rice - guitar, singing, and atmosphere.
Influences
The Zombies, The Velvet Underground, Donovan, The Television Personalities, The Breeders, Syd Barrett, Beachwood Sparks, The Minders, The Everly Brothers, The Beach Boys, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Dinnermints, Television, Darker My Love, Nirvana, Debussy, Chopin, Star Trek, our reflections in dirty puddles, The Rondelles, Belle and Sebastian, Doo Crowder, The Kinks, Harry Nilson, Neil Young, Booker T and the MG's, T-Rex, Gong, Elmore James, Tom Petty, Black Sabbath, Weezer, Blur, Bob Dylan, Vitamins, The Kissing Party, Christopher Moore, The Rolling Stones, Lao Tzu, The Apples in Stereo, The Jefferson Airplane, Edgar Varese, John Prine, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Warlocks, The Strokes, The Casual Dots, The Monkees...
Sounds Like
Jangly guitars, boy/girl vocal harmonies, lovelorn, sometimes psychedelic, pop in the sense that it's catchy. A little bit crunchy, a little bit rock and roll.
The Pseudo Dates from Denver, Colorado formed in the fall of 2007 as a three-piece consisting of singer/guitarist Nathan Brasil, singer/bassist Suzi Allegra and drummer John Fate. The band and its music came together quickly and in the spring of 2008, The Pseudo Dates independently released its debut EP, Because We Love You. That record captured the spare, yet exuberant, pop confection that was the trio’s specialty in the beginning. A tour of California and the Pacific Northwest followed including an appearance on KPSU in Portland, Oregon.
Subsequent to that first tour, The Pseudos expanded on the solid pop rock foundation they had established for themselves by incorporating expansive atmospheres and layered dynamics. The result has been a kaleidoscopic tapestry of sounds unheard on previous efforts. This development of the band’s core sound became fully realized with the addition of Taylor Rice on vocals and guitar in the fall of 2008.
400 Some Odd Songs in 400 Some Odd Nights, the band’s upcoming spring 2009 sophomore release, is comprised of psychedelically tinged, yet tightly crafted, rock songs. Each track eloquently speaks to the wishes, heartbreaks and daydreams of anyone who has dared to entertain the romantic notion that life isn’t a series of disappointments. With an expanded tour itinerary that includes California, the Pacific Northwest as well as the American Southwest, The Pseudo Dates will bring its energetic and affecting live show to a wider audience.
Everybody's talking about...Pseudo Dates press and more:
Interview with the Pseudos by Tom Murphy in Westword here! Westword Backbeat Review of The Pseudos at the Auraria Campus 8/11/08 here! Westword Backbeat Review of The Pseudos at The Lion's Lair 7/27/08 here! Westword Backbeat Review of The Pseudos with Gravytrain!!! 7/16/08here! The Pseudo Dates LIVE on KGNU Kabaret 8/18/08 Listen Here! Westword Backbeat Online Review of The Pseudos w/ Vitamins and Oblio Duo at the Larimer Lounge 5/1/08 by Jeremy Brashaw here!
The Pseudo Dates' debut EP, "because we love you" is now available on Amiestreet.com for CHEAP. It's a cool site too. Click on this link: Amie Street
Comic of Nathan in the Westword! Sweet!
The Pseudo Dates (On iTunes!)'s Friend Space (Top 23)
Songbirds is my new favorite song - I totally cannot get it out of my head, it's on constant repeat. You all are really awesome, and it was so cool seeing you in Hollywood! Best of luck on the last leg of your U.S. tour!
i love you dearly. i love you deaarly. i love you dearly. be my valentine. i miss you guys. come back!!! sack em! its really fallopin' mah tubes that you dudes live so far away
Dudes...thanks for representing Colorado... Continued success to you, still can't stop listening to 'last night I dreamed that I cut my hair'... Thanks for the add guys.
I know I said this like a million times, but it was so rad playing with you! and Suzi, your voice is fantastic. You don't often hear an indie pop lady singer with a deep strong voice.. love it.
Great show last night guys! Thanks for the cd John. We love discs with both a AND b sides. We look forward to sharing the stage with you sometime. Have fun on the rest of the tour. Cheers
great having you guys in Boise last night! hope the early morning didn't hurt too much. hope the show in Seattle tonight is awesome and that the rest of tour treats you guys well!! travel safe.
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