Próxima Parada, Oliver Hazard, Abby Hamilton

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Cameron Driskill

The band Próxima Parada and a surfboard.

Próxima Parada

A bit folky, a bit funky, Próxima Parada weaves various genre threads into their laid-back pop songs. More straightforwardly folk is the trio Oliver Hazard, but they also display a knack for a catchy hook on their self-titled 2023 album. The two groups kick off the second leg of a spring co-headlining tour at the High Noon. Joining for the next week of dates and potentially stealing the show is Kentucky folk-rocker Abby Hamilton, whose superlative debut album, #1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo), piled up accolades in 2023.

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media release: Próxima Parada and Oliver Hazard have announced a co-headlining tour set to kick off March 18 in Aspen, CO.  For Próxima Parada, ​​what began as a group of college friends wanting to spread joy to their local community has led to national tours where people let loose and feel whatever they need to feel. Oliver Hazard has received praise from outlets like Billboard, and The Fader and has appeared at iconic festivals like Bonnaroo. 

Próxima Parada means ‘next stop’ in Spanish and Portuguese. As college students in San Luis Obispo, California taking the bus to school, at every stop they’d hear, “Now approaching, próxima parada…” 100 times a day. After ten years of next stops, their songs have become more and more focused on personal growth and groove, where each player adds just what’s needed and makes up a piece of a whole. Some songs are sunny and light-hearted indie soul, others have a late-Mac-Miller mellow vibe, all the while speaking to who they are working to be. 

The story of Waterville, OH indie-folk trio Oliver Hazard - ​​Michael Belazis (vocals, guitar) and Devin East (vocals, guitar), joined by Nate Miner (keys, vocals) - is the digital age’s version of classic band mythmaking. One member of the band came home to Ohio after leading camping trips in California and decided to make an album with two childhood friends. They won a Facebook raffle to record one song at a studio. Instead, they played their whole album straight through once, resulting in their debut LP 34 N River (2018). The Fader called the album a “folk-pop masterpiece” and the band was booked at Bonnaroo and Mountain Jam shortly thereafter. In 2019, the band released their 6 track EP, The Flood, which Billboard called a “souvenir.” This brings the band to their sophomore, self-titled album (July 2023), featuring music from the band’s recent Northern Lights EP, plus five additional songs.