Headed this way: Alternate Routes

From staff reports
Published: November 4, 2008

The Alternate Routes, an indie rock band from Bridgeport, Conn., will perform Friday evening at The Spring House.

With roots at Fairfield University in Connecticut, where songwriting partners Eric Donnelly (lead guitar) and Tim Warren (lead vocals, guitar) first met, The Alternate Routes grew into a five-piece outfit that has received national recognition. In April 2007, they played on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and are presently touring along the East Coast.

Their debut album, “Good and Reckless and True,” released in 2007, features “straightforward but sublime rock,” according to their bio.

“The songs were born out of an optimistic struggle to try to understand what to do with yourself when you’re left to your own vices, in a world that will still exist after you’re gone,” said Warren.

The Alternate Routes recently released a five-song EP, “The Watershed EP,” produced by Peter Katis, who has worked with The National and Interpol.

The concert starts at 7 p.m. with No No Nacho, an eight-piece Chicago style band from Lynchburg College. Tickets are $6 at the door.

The Spring House Restaurant and Reception Hall is located on 9789 Richmond Highway (U.S.  460 east). For more information on the concert, call (434) 993-2475. For more on the band, visit http://www.thealternateroutes.com.