The members of Everything Absent or Distorted (A Love Story) get their calcium at the Meadowlark. Photo courtesy of Todd Roeth.

Steal This Track, a new feature on Reverb, is THE spot to find out more about Denver’s hottest and most interesting musical acts. This column is more than just a bunch of jittering pixels, however. We’ll also give you the chance to actually HEAR those artists.

That’s right. Every Tuesday, we’ll hip you to some of our favorite artists by offering an absolutely legal, absolutely free download.

Before we get into that, you’re probably wondering who I am. Hi. I’m Eryc Eyl. Nice to meet you. I like your shoes. I’m a Colorado native who has been writing about music in the Denver area for almost nine years. For the past six years, I’ve been a music journalist and critic for Westword, but I’ve come here because, as I said, I like your shoes.

In addition to the weekly feature of free music that you’re reading right now, I’ll also be writing an unabashedly ardent column called the Mile High Makeout, which made its debut about two years ago. It’s about our fair city’s fun and fertile music scene and the equally fun and fertile people who inhabit it. Look for its debut this Friday.

But back to the subject at hand. It might seem odd, but we’re christening this exciting new addition to Reverb with a track from a band that no longer exists. Just last week, Denver’s giddy, vibrant live music scene bade farewell to one of its beloved when Everything Absent or Distorted played its final show. At that event, the seven-piece outfit — whose members include a lawyer, a librarian and a university professor — handed out 100 copies of its final EP, “The Lucky One,” absolutely free.

Fortunately, we’ve got two reasons why you should stop kicking yourself for missing the swan song of the alternatingly ecstatic and melancholic Everything Absent or Distorted: (1) Many of its members can still be found in various musical projects around Denver, and Reverb is the place to find out all about them, and (2) you can hear “Four and a Half Centuries” from “The Lucky One” right now by clicking the links below.

Stream it:

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Steal it:
Everything Absent Or Distorted (A Love Story) | “Four and a Half Centuries” (right-click to save to your computer)

By the way, if you like what you hear, you can download the EP in its entirety by visiting the Everything Absent or Distorted blog.

There now. Don’t you feel better?

If you’re a band or musician ready to unleash some fresh sounds on the readers of Reverb, email your tracks to Eryc Eyl for consideration.

Please note that downloads offered via Steal This Track are intended to whet your appetite, and are NOT CD-quality recordings. If you want those, please support the artists by buying their music and/or seeing them live.

Eryc Eyl is a veteran music journalist, critic and Colorado native who has been neck-deep in local music for many years. For the past six years, he’s covered the scene for Westword, but we’re excited to welcome his knowledge, wit and questionable fashion sense into the Post’s folds.

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