They never look the same at the end of their set… a pair of hip horn-rimmed glasses breaks in half, buttons become undone, and their once slicked-back hair is simply not anymore. But they wouldn’t be themselves if it were any other way. They thrive when they render themselves void of energy, and humbly hope that some of it rubs off on the crowd.

They are Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes — a high-energy indie rock band dead set on producing the best live sound they know how. (And boy, do they know how.)

“This sounds like a cross between Jack White and M. Ward,” said Wells Adams of Brite Revolution. “Those guys are about three sips of absinthe away from total wizardry.”

The group was formed in Nashville in 2010 and released their first full-length studio album, Civilized Man, in 2011. Recorded and co-produced with Mark Nevers (Andrew Bird, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Lambchop), Civilized Man was listed in the top 100 albums of 2011 by Amazon, with the pop-rock single “Shoe Fits” debuting at number seven on Amazon’s top 100 songs of 2011.

Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes will perform a free concert in Seaside’s amphitheater on Wednesday, June 26 at 7pm!