Preview: Greg Freeman at The Atlantis on Nov. 16

Greg Freeman’s van broke down two days into a cross-country drive, but he kept going anyway. The Burlington, Vermont singer-songwriter is bringing the album he traveled across the country to record, All Set The Bone (2026), to The Atlantis on Monday, Nov. 16. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with fellow Burlington band Robber Robber opening.

Freeman grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, but his third album traces a period of change across several places. He wrote about half the record while living in New Mexico and the rest in Vermont, mostly at a farmhouse near the Canadian border. During that time, he moved out of his longtime Burlington home, left behind his jobs as a cemetery landscaper and restaurant line cook, and began pursuing music full-time. He then drove the band's gear from Vermont to Los Angeles to record with producer John Congleton. When the van’s transmission died on the second day, Freeman spent his savings on repairs and a rental minivan to finish the trip.

That restless energy carries into the music. All Set The Bone moves between personal and political anxieties, with lyrics populated by unsettled characters, including a voter buried in credit card debt and a pair of Christian hearts clanking like trapped lobsters. Early Pavement and Modest Mouse influences meet the heavier sounds of Fugazi and Unwound. As Freeman puts it in his official biography on Transgressive Records, “every album should scare you.” 

Robber Robber, also from Burlington, is supporting Freeman with its own brand of noisy, off-kilter indie rock. Their second and most recent album, Two Wheels Move the Soul (2026), follows an apartment fire, and channels that experience into noisy guitars, lurching rhythms and oblique lyrics. 

Whether you're a fan of MJ Lenderman, Pinegrove, and Jason Molina or just looking for a loud Monday night, this Burlington double bill is worth checking out.