Deadbeat Dads

Episode 7 of the Does It Make a Sound? podcast, hosted by Fall Down Trees, titled "Deadbeat Dads" was published on June 5, 2025 and runs 111 minutes.

June 5, 2025 ·111m · 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 7 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 seventh track, Deadbeat Dads. This is a heavy one as we unpack the greatest terror on the record, discuss difficulties good men face in society, compare the effects of improvised and written solos, and dive deep into the very real power that music has for the listener, the writer, and the performer.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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 7 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 seventh track, Deadbeat Dads. This is a heavy one as we unpack the greatest terror on the record, discuss difficulties good men face in society, compare the effects of improvised and written solos, and dive deep into the very real power that music has for the listener, the writer, and the performer.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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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