Chicago’s Down The Line continues to demonstrate that you don’t need electricity to generate real power. Their third full-length album, For All You Break, delivers mighty hooks and harmonies within smart songcraft and truly shining vocals. It’s an acoustic mix—guitar, mandolin, violin, harmonica and djembe, driven by a lone-electric bass—that the Chicago Sun-Times praised as “an organic blend of rollicking pop.” The group prefers to describe their sound more simply: acoustic pop. (Although when pressed, they explain, “If The Cars had kids with Fleetwood Mac, well, they’d probably sound like us.”) However you label them, Down The Line creates music that’s pure, unique and unforgettable. The 13 never-played songs on For All You Break were arranged and recorded in only 12 days, a purposeful departure from the months-long recording processes of Down The Line’s two previous albums, Please Remember My Name and Welcome To Flavortown. That self-imposed schedule intensity resulted in energetic and urgent performances by band members Levi Britton (acoustic guitar, vocals), Derek Fawcett (djembe, vocals), Dan Myers (harmonica, mandolin, violin, vocals), and Dave Rothkopf (acoustic guitar, bass, vocals). Down The Line’s For All You Break reminds us that acoustic music can indeed be electrifying. Down The Line is currently on tour in support of their new album, traveling and performing with legendary acts including America, Peter Frampton, Ben Folds, Pat Benatar, Colin Hay and many more. They are not to be missed.
Levi, Dan & the boys ROCK ! I have yet to introduce their music to someone who didn't like it! Come up to T.C. more! Okay... just tour more! Can't wait for the next studio offering - For All You Break was awesome! GREAT WORK GUYS!!!
You guys should definitely come back down the University of Illinois! I was too young the last time you guys came. The Canopy Club is an awesome venue!!
Dec 06 2007, 06:26 PM
saw them at Kraftbrau a while back. It rocked so hard I had to change my pants
Aug 16 2007, 01:34 AM
They are amazing. I agree with Tammy for sure!!!! I love them.
Aug 08 2007, 01:46 AM
I've seen them too many times to count! THEY ARE PHENOMENAL!!!
Jul 12 2007, 07:41 PM
I've seen these guys twice. They came to our highschool to play for us. Actually, one of them dropped his pick in the middle of the song and I was the one who tried to toss it back to him... and ended up throwing it under the piano.