Audio By Carbonatix
Denver sometimes has severe amnesia when it comes to local music. Around the turn of the millennium, Acrobat Down was as hotly tipped and downright exciting as Colorado-grown outfits get. But since dissolving in 2001, its members have hovered relatively under the radar: Singer/guitarist Aaron Hobbs just recently assembled a band to back up his gorgeous acoustic songs, and keyboardist Jme White’s Blusom, although signed to the sizable independent imprint Second Nature, doesn’t make much of a noise in town. The rest of Acrobat Down — guitarist Hans Buenning, bassist Eliot Zizic and drummer Jason Jones — re-formed as DeNunzio and has been quietly, steadily building a roar over the past four years. The group’s new full-length, Continuous Vaudeville, comes out this week, and it’s a huge leap up from 2003’s The Three Point Stance. With all three players passing around the mike, the disc is a grab bag of concise, melodic indie rock as ebullient as vintage Built to Spill. Hopefully, DeNunzio’s record-release show (taking place Friday, May 6, at the Larimer Lounge) will unleash a performance — not to mention a record — to remember.
