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====== Sal Paradise ======

Alternative Rock\\
Sydney, Australia

Formerly known as [[The Crux]], Sal Paradise was a lo-fi indie band from Australia, who released the album //Further// (1996) on [[Tooth & Nail Records]] and //For You and Before You// (2000) on [[Velvet Blue Music]].

===== Discography =====

| 1997 | Further | [[Tooth & Nail Records]] |
| 2000 | For You and Before You | [[Velvet Blue Music]] |

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==== Further ====

1997 [[Tooth & Nail Records]]

Charlie Forsyth\\
J.J. Miller\\
Jim Crosweller\\
R.B. Brown

  - Welcome (3:02)
  - Road Movie #57 (3:58)
  - Sideways (3:45)
  - Celestial Railway (4:42)
  - Lost Maps (3:35)
  - Respect + Admiration + Trust (1:26)
  - Vicarious Speedster (2:34)
  - Drone (2:49)
  - John Grady (3:21)
  - Perfect Lead (3:25)
  - Solomon's Fix (3:22)

"A great album - one of my absolute faves. Very much in the vein of //Slanted// and //Enchanted// era Pavement (including a Pavement cover of Perfume-V as a hidden track at the end). No one knows these guys and this album somehow managed to be roundly ignored, a fact that still mystifies me. The type of album a famous rockstar will fish out of a discount bin (download from a discount music website?) two decades from now and proclaim as genius (a la Nick Drake). Spare yourself the wait - buy it now." - P. Hall ([[http://www.amazon.com/Further-Sal-Paradise/dp/B000003ZFQ]])

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==== For You and Before You ====

2000 [[Velvet Blue Music]]

J.J. Miller - vocals, guitars

  - Scatter (3:22)
  - Lost Maps (2:45)
  - Palindromic (2:03)
  - Quickening (4:01)
  - Venturesome (3:24)
  - Celestial Railway (4:33)
  - Friday (2:07)
  - Inbetween Times (4:10)
  - Sideways (3:50)
  - Low (3:22)
  - Disclosure (3:27)
  - Musing By Curbsides (3:40)
  - Fireman (2:43)
  - Mountain (3:18)
  - Travels And Travails (4:17)
  - Love Unknown (0:49)

"16 tracks of acoustic-based, melancholy dreams from Australia's Sal Paradise. Insightful lyrics with subtle songs and textures. Liner notes contain an explanation of each track. Songs reaching back into the band's prehistory with tracks from //Disclosure// and //Speed of Life//, as well as //Further//. The album was recorded solo by singer-songwriter JJ Miller and released by [[Velvet Blue Music]]. This reissue has the complete and originally intended artwork, including lyrics and liner notes to each song." (from [[http://www.discogs.com/Sal-Paradise-For-You-And-Before-You/release/2767821]])

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==== Compilation Appearances ====

//**Tooth & Nail Sampler Vol. 3**// (1996 [[Tooth & Nail Records]])\\
15) Untitled (4:45)

//**Velvet Blue Music Nashville Revolt**// (1997 [[Velvet Blue Music]])\\
09) Travels (Minimal Version)

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===== Links =====

  * [[http://www.tollbooth.org/2001/reviews/salpar.html|Review of "For You and Before You"]]