Award-Winners Blue Light Bandits Release “Punk Rock Dreams”

Photo: Blue Light Bandits by Issac Bates

Listen up! Blue Light Bandits release their video for “Punk Rock Dreams,” a soulful blend of rock , jazz, neo-soul and funk. With a killer vocalist and tight band, this award-winning four-piece independent groove rock band is from Worcester, MA. “Punk Rock Dreams” is from their recently released LP, Honestly Glad it Happened.

Blue Light Bandits bring fans a live version of one of the album’s songs, “Punk Rock Dreams,” in partnership with AudioSpectrum. The video offers a close look at the band’s on-stage performance, with exclusive shots of band members Dan DeCristofaro, Ethan Bates, Simon Admasson and Jay Faires grooving to the contagious melodies and soulful lyrics the original song.

Since the release of their Blue Light Bandits Demo in 2014 and the self titled debut LP in 2017, they have amassed over 2.8 million streams on Spotify. Live Blue Light Bandits shows have become a staple of the Boston, Worcester and New England music scenes with residencies at Lucky’s Lounge in Boston and Michael’s Cigar Bar in Worcester as well as frequent appearances at the best breweries, wineries, and festivals in the region.

Watch “Punk Rock Dreams”

“Our day recording at AudioSpectrum was the perfect follow-up to the completion of the album. We want listeners to be immersed in these songs when they see and hear them live. Our friends at AudioSpectrum gave us exactly that in this recording project — the chance to record live versions of our highest-energy songs in a professional production space surrounded by a massive video wall featuring our album animations. These will be the best videos we’ve ever released, and those who watch online will experience everything we want our fans to experience in concert, short of being there in-person.” — Blue Light Bandits

Dan DeCristofaro (keys and vocals) and Ethan Bates (bass and vocals) are the founding members, singers, and songwriters behind BLB. Dan is a soulful writer, producer, and arranger who has also begun releasing singles as a solo artist with “Give Me Your Love” in May of 2020 and “Unbreakable” in November 2019. Ethan is also an accomplished cellist and performs and writes solo compositions as “Ethan Bates Orchestra” where he builds live loops and layers organically for each performance. The current iteration of the Blue Light Bandits lineup features veteran touring and session drummer, Simon Adamsson, and multi-faceted guitarist, Jay Faires, who also rounds out the signature 3-part BLB harmonies.

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