On November 4, a young Connecticut crowd welcomed the energetic alt-rock band The Wrecks to District Music Hall. Supported by Worry Club and Kid Sistr, the Finally:OUTSIDE Tour is the band’s biggest headline tour to date. And somehow, on one of the biggest chapters of their career, they’ve managed to deliver a tour that feels as natural and laid back as a house party with the neighborhood band.
KID SISTR
While the trio is based in Los Angeles, the Norwalk stop was a hometown show for Kid Sistr, with drummer Becca Webster and bassist Sara Keden both from Fairfield County. Touring on their EP American Teenage Prophecy, the band wears its queer identity on its sleeve and connected with a crowd that reflected much of their own demographic. It was such an honest set, with three artists genuinely thankful for the chance to put their music in front of new fans.
Maybe playing for friends and family brought a bit of nerves, but they recovered beautifully. Guitarist Sabel Englert introduced their title track as a song about two girls kissing, but when she started the song, she had trouble finding her note, only to realize she had forgotten her capo. Without missing a beat, Keden joked that they’d accidentally played their song about two boys kissing, giving Englert the time and the lightheartedness she needed to restart the song.
What did I take from their set? Authenticity will always win out with fans. I had a few moments between sets to catch up with Englert at their merch table. As the father of a queer daughter, who happened to be at the show with me, I can’t thank this band enough for showing her what staying true to yourself looks like.
WORRY CLUB
For my daughter and me, this was our second time catching Chicago’s Worry Club. We were first introduced to the punk band when they kicked off the Seven Hills Music Festival, he hometown fest headlined by Four Year Strong, and since this summer Worry Club has been on regular rotation blasting from my daughter’s bedroom. Frontman Chase Walsh’s powerful vocals are layered over fuzzy distortion, with lyrics that dive into heavy topics of isolation, anxiety and self-doubt. No wonder this music has resonated so much with my teenager.
Listening to their 2026 debut LP I’m Freaking Out is one thing, seeing them live gives you a whole new appreciation for this project. His guitar adorned with political messages and his hair fashioned into spikes, Walsh commands the stage and gives you insight into why this band feels more punk than you’d expect.
Walsh and touring bassist Avery Nelson fed off each other’s energy the entire set, and her own vibe was just as loose and fun. At one point during the show, a lone crowd member was perched on someone’s shoulders. Walsh pointed to the fan between songs, only for Nelson to realize it was her brother. He crowd surfed to the stage, climbed Nelson’s amp, then danced with her before stage diving back into the crowd.
This band is just getting started. If their debut album and live show are already this good, I’m excited to see them evolve and grow with their fans. Drummer Dean Sinclair had noticed my daughter singing and dancing to every song and made sure she left with a setlist, which Walsh later signed for her.
Two for two, incredible opening sets, with a crowd amped up and ready for the headliners.
THE WRECKS
Before launching their tour this fall, The Wrecks released their combined project INSIDE:OUTSIDE, pairing their 2025 and 2026 EPs into a single album. The sound leans a bit more pop and has divided critics and fans. Honestly? Doesn’t matter to me one bit!
Their reputation for chaotic energy and crowd interaction at live shows precedes them, and it’s the exact reason I was looking forward to covering them for RØKKR. The atmosphere at their show is electric, powered by devoted fans who dance and sing along the entire evening... and bark. Lots of barking.
These are friendly, well-embraced “woof, woofs,” not the hardcore “arf, arf” from a Knocked Loose pit. And the band loves it. At one point, frontman Nick Anderson called his girlfriend up from the crowd to showcase her barking skills. Later in the set, he singled out one of the more rabid fans, had the crowd part down the middle to isolate him, then made him stay on all fours for an entire song, only raising his head between verses to get the room barking again.
All this playfulness makes you wonder how they even make it through a setlist?! There’s a couch behind bassist Aaron Kelley, occupied throughout the night by a pair of best friends, a girl medically cleared following her appendix surgery, and finally the shamed puppy from the crowd. (Yes, this was all captured! Keep scrolling to the very end of the review for all of the crowd interactions!)
At one point, Anderson and Kelley grabbed their drinks and sat together at stage right, leaving lead guitarist Nick “Schmizz” Schmidt to have his own solo, a bit they called “Schmizz Takes a Whiz.” The smiles on their faces were so genuine. Yes, it’s part of the act, but that was the look of two brothers egging on the immature brother to embarrass himself. Schmizz later stopped the show to spray Anderson with a water bottle from across the stage, and moments later Anderson wrestled him to the ground.
I promise there was actually a show somewhere between all of the shenanigans. And I think that’s the point, or perhaps the vision, of The Wrecks. If their recent work leans more pop than punk and brings more fans into their universe, then they’re winning. It’s clear to me their rambunctious performances are what fuel this band, and every fan deserves to experience a show like this at least once.
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The Wrecks Setlist
District Music Hall, Norwalk, Connecticut (11/4/2026)
Freaking Out
Always, Everytime
Split Lip
I Love This Part
Don’t Look So Surprised
Mint Tobacco
Speed
Feels So Nice
Know It All
I Didn’t Use To
Out Of Style
Milwaukee’s Best
Fvck Somebody
Infinitely Ordinary
Hangin’ Out
Normal
This Life I Have
Favorite Liar
