If there was a European-flavored equivalent of the Postal Service, maybe it would be L.A.-based Par Avion. How else to explain local musicians from such seemingly disparate backgrounds, coming together to create something fun, and maybe even a little unique (mostly in their spare time from other bands)? A strange brew indeed: local singer-songwriter Paul Avion (formerly Pablo Brazil), Tanya Haden of Let's Go Sailing / Silversun Pickups, Scott Benzel of Destroy All Monsters / Soulo (and erstwhile Machines of Loving Grace frontman) and Nick Lucero, a former drummer of Queens of the Stone Age. And it's always evolving. Past / present / future contributors have included Shana Levy (Let's Go Sailing), Ben Mumphrey (Frank Black & The Catholics), Heather Lockie, and others. A combination that can only make for an interesting outcome. but judge for yourself Look for Par Avion's debut EP, Pop Music United, coming in 2006 (debuting at Amoeba Hollywood and on CD Baby).