American Midnight by The Tressels

The Second installment of The Tressels AMERICAN TRILOGY finds this veteran band once again exploring themes of hope and hopelessness with its trademark roots-rock swagger

AMERICAN SUNSET was a creative resurgence for this veteran band and its founders Butch Fullerton and Brian Dirtman

SUNSET was embraced by local press and radio with the band earning the dubious distinction of BEST BAR BAND IN DELAWARE COUNTY from WXPNs John Vettese

A title the band agrees is both hard earned and well deserved

For Butch and Dirtman American Midnight is a reflection of a life in the trenches of rock & roll

The pair began playing together fifteen years ago, throughout high school, and the majority of their twenties

They were playing smokey clubs and hell-hole dives before they were old enough to drive and they still take the stage with the same energy and enthusiasm they did when they were teenagers

But The Tressels are no longer teenagers

they live in different states
hold down full time jobs
raise families
but still slug it out in bars

because as with any calling there are sacrifices to be made

When The Tressels reached out to their fanbase for help to contribute to a Kickstarter campaign to help finish American Midnight

The outpouring of generosity proved their sacrifices were not in vain, and their goal dollar amount was far exceeded!

AMERICAN MIDNIGHT comes along FIFTEEN years after Butch met Dirtman in the Drexel Hill Middle School jazz band room

SEVEN years after the band vowed to play only one gig and then break up

ONE year after starting a new chapter with THE AMERICAN TRILOGY

and as the title suggests.......

THE NIGHT IS JUST GETTING STARTED!!!!!

The Tressels turn personal and professional tragedies into earnest anthems about hope, addiction, betrayal, love, loss, nostalgia and regret played by life long friends who hold onto the heroic (or idiotic) notion that rock & roll is still a noble pursuit.

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