You can blame DWNTWN on breakups, booze and long drives to San Francisco.

The band came to be in the summer of 2010 when Jamie Leffler and Robert Cepeda both went through bummer breakups and spent most weekends driving from LA to San Francisco trying to get away. The six hour drive from LA to the Bay made for lots of down time, especially in Jamie’s radioless El Camino, so Robert would bring along his guitar, iPhone and whatever other gadgets they could use to pass the time.

Acoustic Nirvana covers along the grapevine and bad freestyles over hyphy instrumentals eventually led to the two of them writing on the go folk song demos that they’d record to their iPhone. The two had a mutual love for everything from American folk to punk rock, but at the time these songs were far more Johnny Cash than they were Johnny Rotten.

Then in early 2011 Robert the multi instrumentalist / vocalist, and Jamie the lead vocalist took these early demos from Carter Family folk jams to songs that span genres from electro to new wave and pop. A mutual friend passed on the demos to LA based producer/DJ Skeet Skeet who quickly recognized their talent and things began to jump off from there.

DWNTWN has been compared to everything from New Order, Crystal Castles, Lykke Li, M83, and Sleigh Bells. Their mixtape “Midnight Ride” (mixed by DJ Skeet Skeet) is available for a free download at www.facebook.com/dwntwnmusic and features brand new songs, cool remixes, and a couple sweetass covers.

“Midnight Ride” …. features their melodic synthy-pop sound and a few cool covers, the perfect soundtrack for any of your future road trips. – Paper Magazine

“…they know how to create atmospheric tunes that come with rich glistening pop sensibilities that make them stand out from the pack.” Arjan Writes

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