On tuesday I was able to witness a new bluegrassy/ country rock band on the rise in the Chicago area called Fall Down. They played an intense high energy set and thoroughly warmed the crowd for the headlining Henhouse Prowlers. Fall Down who were recently featured on Chicago's WXRT Local Anesthetic show on January 18th to promote their debut album, which was released in November 2012 is a 5 person group. The musicians play a number of instruments between themselves. On tuesday the crowd was treated to Guitar, Steel Pedal Guitar, Violin, Bass, and drums. They also have a dynamic range of vocals with Female singer Liza Day and her alternating counterparts Jared Rabin and Pat Lyons.
The most memorable part of their set would have to be their final song, which turned in to an extreme 10 minute jam that climaxed with sudden halt or release of intensity which signaled their name. I was in the middle of ascending on the intense instrumentation when they hit climatic note in which the entire band seamlessly ended and cut the sound and left everyone stunned and wondering is it over? This was amazing to experience the sudden release of sonic tension. It left the audience feeling like they just fell down from octaves above.
Fall Down's next show is scheduled for Saturday March 23rd at Matyrs with Daphne Willis.
The venue itself and the experience as a a whole is always great at The Abbey. They have extremely friendly people and amazing musicians that grace the little pub on Grace St. The sound is also very good and is managed by the house sound man Hatim Hassim and being the house engineer he really knows the venues acoustics and always gets a really good sound.
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