A Work Grotesque

Episode 9 of the Does It Make a Sound? podcast, hosted by Fall Down Trees, titled "A Work Grotesque" was published on June 26, 2025 and runs 107 minutes.

June 26, 2025 ·107m · Does It Make a Sound?

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Summary

For Season 1 of Does It Make a Sound we deep dive the Fall Down Trees album Night Terrors, and in Episode 9 our host and singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Fall Down Trees - Dustin Owens - is joined by his bandmates Porkchop Branch and Nolin McAlister to discuss the creation of the ninth track, A Work Grotesque. We discuss the history of the Dustin/Nolin/Porkchop era of music, break down the lyrics of the song and how they relate to our life philosophy, and highlight the song's roots in live performance.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stream Night Terrors and follow Fall Down Trees here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about Guttersville Records here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to songs from this episode in the DIMAS playlist here!⁠⁠

Episode Description

For Season 1 of Does It Make a Sound we deep dive the Fall Down Trees album Night Terrors, and in Episode 9 our host and singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Fall Down Trees - Dustin Owens - is joined by his bandmates Porkchop Branch and Nolin McAlister to discuss the creation of the ninth track, A Work Grotesque. We discuss the history of the Dustin/Nolin/Porkchop era of music, break down the lyrics of the song and how they relate to our life philosophy, and highlight the song's roots in live performance.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stream Night Terrors and follow Fall Down Trees here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more about Guttersville Records here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to songs from this episode in the DIMAS playlist here!⁠⁠

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