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PEÑA

About Me



With a sound comprised of melodic repetition, progressive builds, schizophrenic transitions and the occasional crushing wall of noise - Peña is constantly evolving. Choosing to pass on standard song structures, the music becomes an extension of thoughts, emotion, and surroundings. Created as a representation of environment and the life around us, the music tells stories of epic proportions. Complex and dark one moment, upbeat and bright the next.

"Logophobia -- the fear of words -- has taken on all kinds of meanings beyond those of mere pathology: Michel Foucault defined it as angst caused by the capricious nature of language, while Peter Farb considered it an aversion to abstraction itself. And although Denver's Peña avoids lyrics like the plague, the group's spacious majesty is far from timid. While hordes of instrumental math-rock bands before it have trafficked in anxiety and tension, Peña conveys a sense of wonder and triumph..." - Westword

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Member Since: 2/6/2005
Band Website: www.penamusic.com
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www.penamusic.com

Band Members:
Mike Scarano
Aaron Ray
David Allen
Nick Sullivan

Influences: Don Caballero, Chavez, Battles, Mogwai, Mono, Isis, Pelican, Faraquet, Fugazi, Medications, Tristeza, The Album Leaf, Sleeping People, Interpol, Joy Division, June of '44, Dianogah, Juno, Pinback, Shellac, Pinebender, Volante, Jawbox, Red Sparrowes, etc.

Sounds Like: Laughter
Record Label: Big Punisher
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

WESTWORD "BEST FRIENDS" CD REVIEW

"Hyena Arms," the opening track on Peña's latest effort, Best Friends, successfully sets the tone for the entire album, with its loping rhythms and logical but ultimately unpredictable changes. Part...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 20:18:00 GMT

WESTWORD MUSIC SHOWCASE: VOTE FOR US.

This is the first year Peña has made it onto the Westword Music Showcase ballot. This show is always a fun time with some of Denver's best bands playing. We'd like to play with Denver's best bands thi...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:28:00 GMT

DENVER DECIDER INTERVIEW

We had a little interview feature in the Denver Decider, check it out at the link below! LINK: SEE THE INTERVIEW HERE
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:18:00 GMT

WESTWORD FEATURE

Link: Peña Westword FeatureBy: R. Kelly LigginsCall it math rock. Call it progressive rock. Hell, you can even call it rock instrumentation with momentary hints of shoegazing if you like (which is ho...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:53:00 GMT

MILE HI-FIDELITY PLAYLIST - 02.11.09

Mile Hi-Fidelity - 02.11.09The Photo Atlas - "Jealous Teeth"Mustangs & Madras - "Native Daughters of the Golden West"Savage Henry - "Broken"Lion Sized - "Lost Limbs"Pena - "Black Tar"Shwerver - "Two P...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:32:00 GMT

WESTWORD POSTER OF THE WEEK

Aaron is a creative genius! check this out 
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:41:00 GMT

DENVER POST REVIEW

"Peña, another local instrumental band, followed, featuring adecidedly more prog-rock sound than Portamento but with equallyaccomplished musicianship. Members include Nick Sullivan, the guitaristrespo...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:01:00 GMT

NEW RECORDING AVAILABLE SOON

Well, we finally made it happen. We recorded a long overdue EP, which was originally supposed to be three songs but has since become 6, and should clock in around 30-35 minutes. We're super excited wi...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:34:00 GMT

WE ARE ONLY HUMAN

It seems that every time we have the intention of recording our music we can never finish what we start. For your information, we are trying. We've been trying for two years. We've demoed more songs t...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:57:00 GMT

SILENT BALLET REVIEW

The Silent Ballet asked for a copy of our 7 song EP Human Circuits last year. This year they posted a review of that requested cd. It's a nice review, pretty much hit the nail on the head. READ IT HER...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:04:00 GMT