To Destroy A City

Chicago-based To Destroy A City is Andrew Welch, Jeff Anderson, and Michael Marshall. 2011 saw the release of their debut self-titled album, which was followed by sophomore full-length, SUNLESS, in 2014. Their third album, Go Mirage, is due in the fall of 2017. Sonically, TDAC moves effortlessly between delicate ambient passages to beat-induced grooves to soaring melodic peaks. Electronic beat production is intertwined with live percussion, while layers of guitars, synths and pianos forge the melodic foundation of the tracks. The uninitiated may find To Destroy A City analogous to label mates Lights Out Asia and port-royal, and, due to some periodic drifting into similar spaces, the wide-screen ambient guitar duo Hammock.