Holiday Mountain Officially Lets SHIA LP Loose via Billboard

In advance of the official release date, Holiday Mountain are now officially streaming their explosive, extravagant debut full-legth SHIA via Billboard. The album is also now available via all DSPs. Following the Carmen Miranda-meets-Eric-Andre-meets-Jane-Fonda-esque "Cómo Te Llamas" and the hazy litany "Coffee & Weed," SHIA contains all that and more - don't miss out. Explosive SHIA LP Now Streaming in Full via Billboard
+ Available via all DSPs

Holiday Mountain is an electronic music duo founded by Mexican-American songwriter/keyboardist Laura Patiño and drummer/producer Zander Kagle. The two met in Boston while attending Berklee College of Music and together found a genre-expanding sound, fusing together their affinity for pop, hip-hop, and electronic music. The result is a force so strong that when describing their sound, NPR exclaimed, "resistance is futile."

The Austin duo of Patiño and Kagle combine hip-hop, electronic, reggae, dub, and Cumbia to create their own genre of heavy futuristic dance. Patiño cites surprising influences, such as Billie Holiday and Amy Winehouse, that, along with the visuals and Kagle's production, manifest itself as art in the leagues of Major Lazer, Die Antwoord, and Peaches. SHIA is a balanced mix of freaky club bangers with a touch of vulnerability and sweetness. Says the band, "For us, SHIA signifies the end of compromise and the end of fearing what others will think or do when you become exactly who you want to be. SHIA is realization with a f-everything-else attitude."

"After witnessing their atomic live set, you'll be rendered breathless," says SPIN Magazine, who also named the band one of their favorite things from SXSW 2015. "Make sure to watch to the end," urges The Wall Street Journal, as audience members are regularly exposed to glittery crowd surfing, sweaty drum solos, and being fed cake until they reach "a cacophonous climax." (SPIN)

Holiday Mountain's addictive blend of upbeat, hyper-electro sounds and the ability to not take themselves too seriously while addressing deeper subjects places the band in a perfect position to become the next big thing. SHIA is now Friday (8/12) via all DSPs and streaming the album via Billboard - take your pick!

1. Bump That Bass
2. Cómo Te Llamas? (feat. Mexican Institute of Sound)
3. Old Days
4. More
5. Sacrifice
6. Close 2 U
7. Fantasy
8. Buffin'
9. Coffee & Weed
10. NE1
11. Burnt
12. On & On

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