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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!!! 7/16/08 here!
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!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/7/2007
Band Website: youtube.com/thepseudodates
Band Members: 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.
Record Label: funded in part by: our day jobs.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Pseudo Dates in the Press

A review of The Pseudo Dates' performance at Hi-Dive, January 8th, 2009 by Matt Schild of The Denver Post: http://blogs.denverpost.com/reverb/2009/01/12/the-pseudo-dat es-the-kissing-party-the-hi-dive/...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:27:00 GMT

Suzi Allegra dreams of the new Pseudo Dates album.

Suzi Allegra dreamed. She was walking along a footpath framed by old, twisted trees and shrubs. It was a crisp autumn evening and the stars were just coming out above the trees as last embers of the ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:05:00 GMT

The Pseudos in Colorado Music Buzz by Robin Edwards!

Rock: Spotlight: The Pseudo Dates Tuesday, July 01, 2008 | Comments (0) by Robin Edwards "Think: The Kinks meets The Breeders."  That's how Nathan D. Brasil, vocalist and guitar player for Th...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:40:00 GMT

Where can I get The Pseudo Dates music (or t-shirts)?

Good question!Well, if you like, you can go to amiestreet.com and purchase "because we love you" as a whole mp3 EP or by the song for very cheap. (It's a cool site too!) Just go here: http://amiestree...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:36:00 GMT

last tour diary

well, there is a lot to say... but basically this tour has been amazing.  we are getting ready to leave portland and come back home (as much as we don't want to return to reality).  played s...
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 14:11:00 GMT

tour diary 3

wow, eureka was wonderful to the pseudo dates. pot continued. cool bands. we even got some money for gas! stayed in crack nest motel. drove to portland. coffee, wine, spaghetti. john has been getting ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 19:16:00 GMT

tour diary 2

last night = playing on a very dark stage at an awesome gay bar in san fran, drinking some whiskey in our van, peeing in a boiler room in the back of a hotel, and having lots of fun. we pulled off our...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 22:11:00 GMT

tour diary one

we're in oakland right now staying with super cool people and a cute little turtle. yesterday we saw the salt flats and stayed at the wendover nugget hotel and casino in nevada. lost very little money...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 21:09:00 GMT

Because We Love Jude Morales

The wonderful local painter Jude Morales has given us permission to use his piece "hummingbird" as the artwork for our upcoming EP "Because We Love You." It's hard to put into words the feeling that ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 14:31:00 GMT

This guy said nice things about us!

Jeremy Bradshaw posted a blog on the Westword website about our show last Thursday...The Pseudo Dates took to the stage with a good-time vibe that was strangely contagious, so contagious that your goo...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 13:42:00 GMT