American Beauties

American Beauties is an indie folk-rock band whose sound is reminiscent of the west coast folk-rock bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s.  With rich guitar driven melodies, layered harmony vocals, and songs that ring nostalgic while conveying modern sounds and themes, American Beauties has been likened to CSNY, The Byrds, The Jayhawks, and Wilco. 

Their debut full-length album Too Worn to Mend, recorded by two-time Grammy Award-winning engineer Ducky Carlisle and mastered by Roger Siebel (Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie), was released in October 2012.  American Beauties have opened for national recording artists Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Radney Foster (Foster and Lloyd), and Ari Hest (Birds of Paradise) and have performed on festival stages at the Black Potatoe Music Festival (2015, 2016, and 2018), MOVE Music Festival, and International Pop Overthrow.