This Way to the EGRESS

"This Way To The Egress released Onward! Up A Frightening Creek on September 22. That album title certainly has a lot of personality, and it follows through on “See No Evil,” - Magnet

"While reminding us of Tom Waits, This Way to the EGRESS impresses with their own absolute relentless energy, versatility and voice, while their live shows are insurmountably entertaining" - Glide Magazine

"An absolutely essential band for lovers of musical eclecticism, with fun guaranteed." - The Velvety

There’s a certain ethereal alchemy to the work of This Way to the EGRESS, built around a series of mesmerizing movements that highlight the unrestrained passion and thought they bring to their music. - Joshua Pickard

“Picking up where bands like Gogol Bordello left off, This Way to the EGRESS turns in a madcap take on the underrated gypsy-jazz-old-time-punk drinking songs.” – KDHX - KDHX Radio

"This Way to the EGRESS is a fusion of many things, all of which are worldly." - Shutter 16 Magazine

“EGRESS unabashedly grabbed our hands and maniacally frolicked us out of ourselves and into their chaotically composed carnie-swing orchestration.” – TriState Indie - Tri - State Indie

"It is tenderly affecting that with This Way to the Egress, pretty much anything goes" - Alan Feuer- The New York Times

With the release of recent single "We Won’t Go," the band makes one more assertion as to their relevance in an overly homogenous musical marketplace. - Nooga.com

"A lively and fun drinking song with a chorus even the inebriated can sing along with. Kick up your heels and dance along, we dare you to sit still through this one." —Kerriann Curtis - WordKrapht - Wordkrapht

"This Way to the Egress has a unique and eclectic sound in a generation of Auto-Tuned pop. They are a complete and total breath of fresh air " - The Beacon- Laura Preby

“They are part circus vaudevillians, part trickster brats and they put on an absolutely amazing performance worthy of Tom Waits. This is a band you need to know about.” -SLUG Magazine (Arizona) - by Madelyn Boudreaux

"If you like Tom Waits, Gogol Bordello, Danny Elfman or anything outside of the mainstream, you'll wanna check them out." - The Kennedy Center

"I never realized how much I loved this style of music until I saw This Way to the Egress perform. An amazing band, and so full of pure passion with their music you cannot help but to dance" - Coma Music Magazine

" This Way to the Egress is composed of talented musicians, that have a unique experimental style, they play an accordion-driven modern take on gypsy music that is quirky but nonetheless entertaining. They are the hidden gem" - Slacker Generation, LLC

"This Way to the Egress pumps energy that a ska band would be proud of into songs seamlessly composed of jazz, blues, vaudeville, klezmer, incandescent circus sounds and the occasional hints of pirate attitude and an honest-to-PT Barnum-punk spitfire piss & vinegar sensibility." - Sepichord

“While each vocalist is enjoyable solo, the harmonies they create as a duo express the more intricate parts of their voices creating an intense captivation with each line.”-Creative Loafing (North Carolina) - Creative Loafing (north Carolina)

"Young Band wins contest and fans hearts. In its finale performance Monday, the group lived up to its P.T. Barnum-inspired name." - Lehigh Valley Music

This Way to the Egress' audience widely varies, from punks, tattooed people, children and families, theater appreciators, steampunk kids, hipsters more. - The Morning Call Newspaper