Music like Breaking Laces

Breaking Laces is an American acoustic-rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York.

The band consists of Willem Hartong (lead vocals, guitar, principal songwriter), Rob Chojnacki (bass, keyboards, backing vocals) and Seth Masarsky (drums, programming, percussion). Its music has been described as acoustic rock, alternative rock, indie rock and indie pop, and is known for "honest songwriting" that combines widescreen songcraft with personally charged lyrical intimacy. Breaking Laces has released five albums and five EPs since its inception in 2003.

The band originally began as a one-man project by Hartong, who recorded and released a pair of well-received D.I.Y. albums – 2003's Operation Income and its 2004 follow-up, Sohcahtoa – on his own. Those early efforts won considerable critical acclaim and substantial airplay on satellite radio. Hartong then joined with kindred spirit, Seth Masarsky, later adding bassist Rob Chojnacki, with whom Masarsky had played previously in the band Darby Jones. Extensive touring followed and in 2005 they recorded their first album, Lemonade, together. This album was followed by the six-song 2006 EP Astronomy Is My Life, But I Love You and 2009's full-length Live at Seaside Studios.