TEOA (The End of America) is a band of friends, singers and travelers who blend three-part harmony with indie rock and folk. The Philadelphia/NYC outfit credits their name to a passage in Kerouac’s On The Road about exploration through travel. The trio drifts through styles that resonate with fans of The Avett Brothers, CSNY and Dawes.
All frontmen of previous bands, Brendon Thomas, James Downes and Trevor Leonard met on tour in 2005. Quick to become best friends, they’d frequently join each other on stage, adding harmonies to each others’ songs. After the coinciding stall-out of all three of their other projects, they decided to create a trio that highlights their vocal chemistry and captures the raw honesty of their performances.
Since their formation, they’ve released three albums and are now releasing a new single every month for the next year. Their fourth single, “He Was a Friend of Mine” was featured on Spotify’s ‘Fresh Folk’ playlist.
With a whole host of new music released, the band is gearing up for a full year of US and European touring. Anyone who has seen TEOA can attest to their powerful harmonies and stage presence. The End of America has performed at SXSW, Savannah Stopover and the Baltimore Folk Fest. They have shared the stage with Larry Campbell, David Bromberg, Gary Louris (The Jayhawks), Simone Felice (The Felice Brothers) and joined Beck in Los Angeles to perform for his Song Reader sheet music release show. The trio's appearance at the show aired live on KCRW and received praise from Spin, Filter and The Hollywood Reporter.

Voted "Most Wanted" Emerging Artist
2017 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Voted "Favorite New Artist”
2016 Philadelphia Folk Festival
"Soul-striking harmonies and folk-rock melodies."
WXPN, The Key
"The tightest harmonies since Crosby, Stills, and Nash were young."
Audiofuzz
"They sound great and they seem to be loving doing it."
David Crosby via Twitter

James Downes, Trevor Leonard and Brendon Thomas were all frontmen of other projects. Together they have released two EPs (Steep Bay & Shakey) and one LP (The End of America) with “soul-striking harmonies and folk-rock melodies.” -WXPN, The Key

The band made their debut at the 2016 Philadelphia Folk Festival and were voted “Favorite New Artist” of the festival. In 2017 the band won the Emerging Artist Showcase at Falcon Ridge Folk Fest, returning in 2018 to perform as FRFF’s “Most Wanted” band.

The End of America is known for a powerful live show that highlights their dynamic songwriting, harmonies and playful stage banter. They have performed at festivals across the east coast and midwest and have shared stages with Beck, John Paul White (The Civil Wars), Brian Fallon (Gaslight Anthem), Mandolin Orange, David Bromberg, and Larry Campbell.