Tall Heights reflect on musical journey at M-Shop

Christina Cone preforms a solo with a guitar at the Maintenance Shop on Oct. 20. This solo allowed for the fellow band members in Frances Cone to continue setting up while engaging the audience.

Trevor Babcock

Tall Heights showcased a grandiose sound and powerful harmonization with their diverse palette of indie, folk and pop music at the M-Shop Saturday night.

Tall Heights put their bond and evolution as a band at the forefront of their live show. As an act the duo is inspirational, unique and overall a lot of fun to watch in more ways than one.

Opening act Frances Cone kicked the evening off sweet and slow with tactfully played, catchy guitar riffs paired with hypnotic vocalization. Lead singer Christina Cone lifted the room with her voice and lead guitarist Andy Doherty made every song interesting with his riffage.

The soft spoken Old Sea Brigade gave the audience a textbook indie folk sound. The M-Shop was lulled by finger picked guitars, melancholic tone and slow burn folk tunes.

Tall Heights took the stage loud and proud with a strong wall of folk sound. From the cello, guitars, pounding drums, synths, and everything in between, Tall Heights had musical surprises in-store throughout the night.

The most fascinating surprise of all was when the band asked the audience to take out their phones, call someone next to them, and put their phones on speaker. The band then played a song that echoed throughout everyone’s phones making an eerie and distinct noise that incorporated itself into the music.

“That was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen,” an audience member remarked.

Each entry in Tall Heights discography takes aim at a different style in the folk genre. The band’s set reflected that musical journey through variation with upbeat jams, stripped back folk performances, and genre defying moments.

Tall Heights embraced the M-Shop’s signature personal atmosphere telling stories of the band’s past and quick witted jokes. The duo had the audience laughing throughout the entire night.

“Normally we’d be freaking out if there was this much time in between songs, but this is like happy time,” joked singer and guitarist Tim Harrington.

The duo asked the rest of their band to step off the stage so they could play a song just the two of them. They took a request from an audience member and delivered a surreal performance reminiscent of their early beginnings as a musical act.

At the end of the night the band reflected on the opportunity to share their music with an audience.

“That’s why we started making records, that’s why we started touring, that’s why we started writing songs,” singer and cello player Paul Wright said on experiencing the energy and engagement of the M-Shop audience.