Down To Earth Approach

This is one of those bands I could honestly go on and on about. Some of you have probably heard me talk about them before. If not, well, here's a sumary of what my usual rant would be.

These guys make amazing music that relentlessly makes me want to smile when I listen to it. (Just try and sing along to "And we will run around town and it'll feel right" without smiling. If you don't smile, you have no soul. :) ) They also noticably have the potential to one day be making some of the best music available for your listening pleasure. They already write catchy, fun, energetic songs on topics that actually stray beyond girls and relationships; I can't imagine how amazing their new stuff will be.

I'm going to go ahead and make a guarantee right here, right now: "Come Back To You", the album they're currently in the process of recording for Vagrant Records, is going to blow people away. Seriously. Now I love "Another Intervention", their debut album, more than I can possibly explain to you here, but if this new album doesn't turn heads, I'll shave mine. Seriously. I am THAT confident in this band to tell you I will shave my head, and heck, my beard, too, if this new record doesn't make people sit there and just go "Wow." But instead of saying "I wasn't expecting something THIS good", now you can say "I knew this was coming."

Congratulations, folks: You're going to be ahead of the game. You're going to know one of the next big bands in this scene MONTHS before anyone else. That's some serious scene cred there, haha. But seriously, people are going to be talking about this band like crazy here in a few months, and you're going to get to be cooler than everyone else and say "Pssh, I knew about these guys MONTHS ago." So seriously, give these guys a listen. If you like what you hear, pick up "Another Intervention" ASAP, learn every word of it, and go to one of their shows and sing along to every word of it.It's an amazing experience. How do I know? Because I've done it. I mean heck, look at the picture of me in the upper right-hand corner of this website. See that shirt I'm wearing? That's a Down To Earth Approach shirt. No joke. One of the two I own. It even has three elephants on a teeter-totter; how cool is that?

Now go, before I use up any more of your life going on about how great this band is and give 'em a fair chance. They might not blow you away right away, but they should atleast catch your ear, and should certainly be a name you remember in the coming months.

Below I've included the brief bio from their myspace, some links where you can hear some of their tunes, and links to 3 non-album tracks of their's. The first comes from "A Santa Cause: A Punk Rock Christmas 2", which is an original Christmas song they recorded. The next is a remix of their amazing song "Honey & Vinegar" that's on their album "Another Intervention". The last is a Bob Dylan cover they recorded for a Bob Dylan tribute album that came out on Doghouse Records last year.

Brief Myspace bio:

We've been around since the year 2000. We moved to LA in 2001, and started touring in 2004. We've been doing it since! We're on the verge of releasing a new album, our second for Vagrant. It's going to be called "Come Back to you". We started recording in May and June and then went on the ENTIRE Warped Tour. It was quite an experience. We're home in NY now for the rest of the year finishing the album, practicing and playing the occasional show. Our friend Dan joined the band in August after dropping out of college (like the rest of us!). He's playing guitar, keyboard, and singing background vocals. We're really excited about the new record and hope you, the reader, will be as well! It'll be a new world, which we will conquer!

http://myspace.com/downtoearthapproach
http://purevolume.com/downtoearthapproach
http://downtoearthapproach.com

http://absolutepunk.net/downtoearthapproach
(^there you can download an exclusive 3-song Acoustic EP,featuring an acoustic version of "Honey & Vinegar", a cover, and a new song. You can't buy it anywhere, you can only download it there)

Stay (Original Christmas tune) - http://www.sendspace.com/file/d2k3d6
My Back Pages (Bob Dylan cover) - http://www.sendspace.com/file/hggihy
Honey & Vinegar (Remix) - http://www.sendspace.com/file/q6eu3w