Alternate Routes

Saturday, October 23 • Doors 7pm • Show 8pm • $8 Advance • $10 Day of Show • All Ages • $2 Minor Surcharge • Buy Tickets

w/ Barefoot Truth & The Kin

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Since The Alternate Routes released their debut album Good and Reckless and True two years ago, many miles have rolled under their van’s wheels and many stages have witnessed their songs. They’ve morphed into a touring beast with a sturdy backbone of fan support and an impressive repertoire of crowd-pleasing songs.

Their sound – a hybrid vibe of Rock n’ Roll grit and ghostly, meaningful balladry – provides the kind of wideranging sonic experience that leaves crowds feeling they got more than they bargained for.

A Sucker’s Dream, the band’s sophomore release, builds on the diverse, melodic compositional work of the band’s debut by adding decibels, power, vision and a collaborative studio effort. Produced and mixed by Jay Joyce (Tim Finn, Patty Griffin, John Hiatt, Derek Trucks), the Nashville guru behind the band’s first album, the recording turns The Alternate Routes from a band with great potential to a band that has clearly delivered on its potential.

Since forming over seven years ago at Fairfield University in Connecticut, the band has hung on tightly to their music and their ideals. Playing wherever they can, shuttling from temporary homesteads in Bridgeport, Boston, New York and back again, logging trucker’s miles between Colorado and Connecticut, hoping to build an audience that mirrors the one they’ve created in the Northeast. For the longest time they held on to menial day jobs to support their rock ‘n’ roll habit. One day broke, broken, and down to their last buck, they made enough money gambling to pay for the pressing of an early EP. 

In a few years of touring the band has developed a live experience that is second to none, and regardless of whether they’re playing raucous, sold out shows in New York or quiet rooms in the boondocks, this band gets after it night after night. They’ve always favored playing over not playing, getting in front of people over taking the night off. With tunes like these, The Alternate Routes sure will be hard to ignore.

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