Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show are a pulp-punk band from New York City.  The perfect intersection between David Bowie, Danny Elfman, Stephen King, and Alkaline Trio, the band is known for dark but humorous experimental punk music, filled with pulpy lyrics about circus freaks, dark rituals, nuclear war, and demon posession.  

The band has grown a cult following locally through their off-kilter, high-energy shows, including their annual Devil's Night party held every Halloween. Hooks, dance beats, ugly riffs, sci-fi lyrics, and witty banter promise a show and a listening experience that is wholly unique and infectious.

Though their shows are high-energy, fast, and loud, there's a lot more hiding under the surface for fans looking for something extra.  All of the songs by the band tell one long, continuous sci-fi/horror story about a circus ringleader possessed by a demon in the 1940s.  Featuring a colorful cast of characters including circus freaks, femme fatales, and nuclear researchers, the story is pulp fiction at its best, while also keeping one foot firmly in modern social commentary.  

In 2021 the band released their debut album, Demons & Dogmen, along with a 260-page horror companion novel that tells the story behind the songs. The lead single “Freakshow” garnered over 50k streams in its first two months of release.

Demons & Dogmen follows their Character trilogy of EPs and the band's 2014 debut EP, The Collateral Vignettes. All projects can be purchased through Bandcamp, as well as all other digital music services.

"The imagination that went into this EP--from fantastical concept to composition and delivery--is so much greater than anything produced by most modern bands." - Stereo Embers Magazine

"‘Freakshow’ is sizzling ripe bait, underlining the band's penchant for dramatism and mastery in uniting creative elements one would not otherwise conceive could be combined." - The Spill Magazine