The Almendros to Premier New Album

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The popular Addison County band The Almendros will premiere their new second album, “Destination Unknown,” at the Town Hall Theater’s Anderson Studio on Friday, October 24 at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the show are $15, $10 for students.

With 14 original songs, the album features a wide range of styles, from funk, blues and country-rock to reggae, ska and calypso. The band will also cover songs by Sam and Dave, the Beatles, Dave Brubeck, Orchestra Baobab, Elvis Costello, and Nathaniel Radcliffe and the Night Sweats.

An eight-piece band with six vocalists, horns and multiple percussionists, The Almendros are powered by longtime players on the local music scene. Five songwriters in the band contributed material to “Destination Unknown,” which was produced by Clint Bierman and recorded at Middlebury’s Lion Tone Studio, as was the group’s first album, “All Over the Place.”