Nate Padley is a distinct new talent with a Monster debut.

Nate's desk drawer is stuffed with pages ripped from the American popular music songbook of the 1950's & 60's (Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, The Fleetwoods) and in his back pocket he carries a knack for 60's & 70's classic songwriting (Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Rolling Stones). Add to that the ability for distinctly modern compositions in the Sparklehorse, Hayden, or Elliott Smith realm and you are getting close to describing Nate's sound.

This CD fits nicely between Elliott Smith's "Either Or" and Beck's "Sea Change" or even one of the Nora Jones or Rufus Wainwright's releases.

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Here's what Randy Harward (Harp magazine/SL Weekly) wrote about Nate Padley's debut "Monster of Vision":

"It is as close to a monstrously profound creative vision as we've seen-without question, the best album yet produced by a Salt Lake City artist"
(Randy Harward)

Read the article here: http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2004/scen_2_2004-10-14.cfm

And here's what www.demodiaries.com said about Nate:

The Demo Diaries HOT SHEET (August 2004):

"I like this kid from Utah by the name of Nate Padley. There's something comforting about his Ben Harper, Nick Drake, Chris Martin, Cat Stevens sentiment.
(Gary Savelson/ demodiaries.com)