John Fahey, Hank Williams, Nick Cave, Uncle Tupelo, Jim O'Rourke, Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Richard Thompson, Bruce Springsteen, Tortoise, Kitty Wells, Dirty Three, Tennessee Three, Yes
“What goes up must come down, but American Altitude keeps rising. Unpredictable pauses, triumphant melodies, and celebratory instrumentals . . . make the group an atmospheric feast for the ears, and for everything between. They’re young, too, with years to yank gigs from inflated power-pop bands that can’t touch AA’s beauty.”
-- Daniel King, The Village Voice
“A band that got a last minute spot as the first of three bands on the Ladybug Transistor show, they just flat out stopped me in my tracks. It wasn’t a night when sharp bartending skills were present because once they started playing, a lot of folks got thirsty. It was refreshing on a Friday Night in August to hear such dreamy cosmic country tunes. The sometimes harsh reality that yet another summer had passed didn’t seem to matter much when I heard the comforting echo made with their poignant and dynamic acoustic/lap steel sound . . . This is passionate music.”
-- Doug DeFalco, Booker
Southpaw, Brooklyn
“The ‘altitude’ referred to in this New Brunswick band's name is unmistakably through the heavens and into the same big-sky cosmos Gram Parsons invoked when he coined the term ‘Cosmic American Music.’ It’s taken quite a while for the genre to evolve into what Parsons originally envisioned, but like Beachwood Sparks, the boys in American Altitude lay out a heart and soul as great as the open plains every time they play . . . Perversely, they're at their best when they're pushing the envelopes of what it's cool to say you like. After all, when you get up that high, everything is a little bit cooler.”
-- Joey Sweeney, Philadelphia Weekly
“American Altitude evokes the wide sweep of the Jersey swamps, hillocks and grasslands beneath the edge-city high rises and pharmaceutical complexes. Gorgeous, lyrical, rambling at times but never uninteresting; spellbinding, shrouded, intelligent, haunted. And exquisitely performed, too.”
-- Tris McCall, The Tris McCall Report
Hey Amalt, come out to our show at the Court Tavern-Saturday, June 9th. Some of Freehold's finest will be performing that night, mainly Turkey Swamp and us-Le Adder Noir (Springsteen had to cancel).
Hey Amalt- long ago we played together in Pittsburgh. We're gonna be in Philly this Saturday at the Rotunda w/Lohio and Josh Marcus. Show kicks off at 8 and we're FIRST. We'd love to see you there.
Did Little Ocean start as a tribute to the classic Ameritude sound of c.2001? Some have said so, but we're on to newer, slightly different things. Two new tracks, if you, our seniors, care to hear them.
I saw you guys rock the balcony level of a restaurant in DUMBO this summer, despite the best efforts of the staff. More, please! When are you coming back to Brooklyn?
I saw you guys rock the balcony level of a restaurant in DUMBO this summer, despite the best efforts of the staff. More, please! When are you coming back to Brooklyn?
Hey Guys. Awsome sound. "American..." is a great song. A little surprised that 16 Horsepower is not mentioned as an influence...? Must have heard :) Keep it uuuup!
Ben
