The Backyard Committee has shared stages with the likes of The Felice Brothers, Miracle Legion, American Babies, Crooked Fingers, Sean Hayes, Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles, Jesse Malin, The Ryan Montbleau Band, and Califone.

"Whatever ineffable attributes Sembos brings to the Alternate Routes, there's no mistaking what he has done with the Backyard Committee: He's made an inviting album of songs that linger after the last note fades,"[1] says Eric Danton of the Hartford Courant.

The songs have the ethereal undertones of a typical Daniel Lanois production, and still maintain the minimal folk sense of something Rick Rubin would do.

Listening to "So Long Ago" the windy, gritty organ is absolutely perfect, and adds a low layer of ambiance and noise to what would otherwise be a squeaky-clean late era Jeff Tweedy-esque tune.

"The end result is a sort of jam-session garage band you’d actually want to sit and listen to–like somewhere in Connecticut is this bunch of musician neighbors that get together for a barbecue or something, and actually sound really, really good,"[3] says Jeff McQ of the Oomph Music Blog.