The End of America Concert, presented by The Outpost in the Burbs, at Van Vleck

The End of America brings poetic songs, rich harmonies to Montclair (REVIEW, PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

By: JAY LUSTIG | August 1, 2022

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“When you sing with two or three people and you get it right — when the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts — everything kind of lifts a couple feet off the ground,” Graham Nash wrote in his 2014 memoir, “Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life.” That’s a pretty good description, as well, of the feeling you get when James Downes, Trevor Leonard and Brendon Thomas harmonize.

The three singer-songwriters back themselves with acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, keyboards and harmonica in the Philadelphia-based group The End of America, also known as TEOA. They don’t always sing together: Often, one member will handle the verses himself, and the others will chime in on the choruses. But whenever you hear those voices together, you feel that lift.

The Outpost in the Burbs presented them in an outdoor concert — at the Van Vleck House & Gardens in Montclair (which Thomas called “The Red Rocks of New Jersey,” referring to the scenic Colorado amphitheater) — on July 24, and they will also perform outdoors at Ross Farm in Basking Ridge (which Thomas called “The other Red Rocks of New Jersey”) on Sept. 10. Visit rossfarm.org.

You can watch some videos from the Montclair show below… (Continue to the full article)

 

From left, Trevor Leonard, Brendon Thomas and James Downes of The End of America perform at Van Vleck House in Gardens in Montclair, on July 24. Photos by Michael Stahl; visit portraitsbymichaelstahl.com.