DownTown Mystic - Better Day
  • Better Day
  • The Wish
  • One More Chance
  • Tomorrow's Clown
  • Modern Ways
  • One Step Closer
  • Love Light
  • Shade Of White
  • Read The Signs
  • Lost And Found
  • I Can't Let Go (Acoustic Re-Mix) Bonus Track
  • Better Day (Acoustic Mix) Bonus Track
  • Modern Ways Single (Alternate Mix)
  • History (Modern Ways Single)
  • Modern Ways (Live)
Biography
Contact: Robert Allen/robert@sha-lamusic.com

Other DownTown Mystic Releases:

DownTown Mystic: AmeriKarma

DownTown Mystic: RnR 4 The Soul

DownTown Mystic: 21st Century Rock'n Roll


DownTown Mystic: The DownTown Demos

DownTown Mystic On E Street Deluxe

DownTown Mystic: Rock'n'Roll Romantic

DownTown Mystic: DownTown Nashville

DownTown Mystic: Used Records History 1979-1985

DownTown Mystic

With Bruce Engler:

Bruce Engler feat. DownTown Mystic: One More Chance




DownTown Mystic
Better Day

Sha-La Music/AWAL/Kobalt Music
Digital UPC: 5054526396036

1. Better Day 3:18
2. The Wish 3:54
3. One More Chance 4:26
4. Tomorrow's Clown 3:15
5. Modern Ways 3:11
6. One Step Closer 2:55
7. Love Light 3:56
8. Shade of White 2:35
9. Read The Signs 3:59
10. Lost And Found 3:21


Produced By: Robert Allen
(p) & © 2020 Sha-La Music, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Better Day is DownTown Mystic's 1st new album release since the critically acclaimedRock'n'Roll Romantic in 2016. The Better Day single features the ace rhythm section from Ian Hunter's Rant Band—drummer Steve Holley and bassist Paul Page, who also play on 7 of the 10 album tracks. The song sets the positive tone for the rest of the album. DownTown Mystic Writer/Producer Robert Allen comments, "I wanted the album to have an overall positive vibe and Better Day was the perfect song to build on. I'm a big Tom Petty fan and as a nod to him the track features a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar that he made a trademark of his sound. I purposely created the instrumental break as an homage to Tom and his memory."

"It is a solid, powerful and tight record – proof that the group have grown muscles without compromising anything. Allen is not trying to do anything new, he’s just doing it better. DownTown Mystic basically reminds us of all the things that made this genre great in the first place." Jamsphere Magazine

"DownTown Mystic is determined to bring back vintage jams from the 50s, 60s and 70s back into the mainstream. Essentially our rock'n'roll guru, DownTown Mystic takes us along a rich journey down rock'n'roll memory lane, and we couldn't help to be pleased with the adventure." Modern Neon Media

"Robert Allen aka DownTown Mystic, took those old school influences that were planted in his musical soul, tended them with reverence, pollinated them with some fresh melodies and produced a tasty crop of tunes." OnStage Magazine

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Biography

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The sound of DownTown Mystic is “vintage yet modern”. The music is rooted in all the great traditions of American Rock‘n’Roll, blending storytelling songs with vintage guitars and analog recording into a unique style that owes nods to Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, The Beatles and Rolling Stones but somehow manages to sound as contemporary as anything currently available.

DownTown Mystic is the alter ego of American Rocker, Robert Allen, whose passion for “old school” recording borders on obsession. Robert adds, “I grew up listening to all these great records and their sound and style has stayed with me”.

Robert is joined by a stellar cast of musicians, including drummer extraordinaire Steve Holley (Paul McCartney/Wings/Elton John/Ian Hunter) & urban legend Paul Page (Dion/Ian Hunter) on bass, as well as one of the great rhythm sections in the history of American Rock'n'Roll--Max Weinberg & Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.

2018 saw DownTown Mystic sign Licensing and Publishing Deals in Europe with BMP Broken Music Publishing in the UK and the release of the Rock'n'Roll Romantic album via Believe Digital. This lead to signing a Licensing Deal with UK Label Last Man Music to release the new Better Day album worldwide ex N. America at the start of 2020.

In 2017 the On E Street EP featuring Max Weinberg and Garry Tallent was released via ADA/Warner Music in Europe, with the single Way To Know reaching the Top 20 on the European Indie Top 200 Chart. DownTown Mystic’s 1st release, Standing Still, found critical acclaim overseas in 2011. That album made the Top 25 Euro/Americana Chart, which led to a Licensing Deal in Europe distributed by Sony Music.

Radio has played an important role in the career of DownTown Mystic. It started with veteran tastemaker, Jed The Fish, playing a DownTown Mystic track as his Catch Of The Day on “World Famous” KROQ in LA, one of the most influential stations in the US. This would be followed by the “Mayor of The Sunset Strip”, legendary KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, playing another track and leading to national airplay.

In 2016 DownTown Mystic released DownTown Nashville and Rock'n'Roll Romantic, the 1st full album since the self-titled DownTown Mystic in 2013. That album spent 10 months on the US Americana Radio Charts, with a #1 single and #3 album on the Roots Music Report Charts. DownTown Nashville, released in the spring, debuted on the Top 5 Most Added on the AMA Radio Chart and became DownTown’s most successful release at Americana Radio. Rock'n'Roll Romantic, released in the fall, would go on to be DownTown Mystic’s most successful US release garnering airplay on over 80 radio stations across 3 formats.

Besides gaining recognition from Radio programmers, the DownTown Mystic Brand has been developing via Sync Licensing with music placed in movies and on over 200 TV shows, including The Voice on NBC, American Pickers on the History Channel, as well as shows on MTV, USA, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, TLC, WE TV, GACTV and Destination America. Many of these shows are also broadcast internationally, helping to spread the music of DownTown Mystic around the world.

“I have never heard a rock n’ roll band be so relentlessly high-quality, intelligent, thought-provoking, fun and just wonderful to hear; musically solid, and never-ever boring!” Rick Jamm/JamSphere

“Robert Allen AKA DownTown Mystic, took those old school influences that were planted in his musical soul, tended them with reverence, pollinated them with some fresh melodies and produced a tasty crop of tunes” Kath Galasso/OnStage Magazine

“brilliantly conceived piece of musical art”
Rod Ames/ReviewYou.com

“genuine emotions and lots of soul” Rune Hager/Rootsy/Sweden

“DownTown Mystic is a real pleasure: a pure sound with a brilliant production and top musicians gives the listener the feeling there is still reasons to hope in Music”
Mike Penard "The DJ" / "American Roots Music"/RadioISA/France

“With Robert Allen and DownTown Mystic we are in the field of best crafted rock'n'roll” Davide Albini/Roots Highway/Italy

"Allen's influences--Byrds, Beatles, Buffalo Springfield--permeate his guitar-driven songs, adding a retro sound to his more modern Americana leanings" Dave Curtis/Direct Current
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  • Members:
    Robert Allen, Steve Holley, Paul Page, Bruce Engler
  • Sounds Like:
    Vintage yet modern
  • Influences:
    Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen. The Beatles. Buffalo Springfield
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    01/22/20
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