Brontë Fall

Brontë Fall is a Nashville based (but Chicago born) indie-pop, Americana band, founded and led by Teri Bracken, with strong Brontë connections. This is how they define themselves:

In her poem, "Fall, Leaves, Fall,' nineteenth-century gothic author Ms Emily Bronte warmly welcomes Autumn and the looming winter ahead. She saw poetry in the changing seasons and beauty in the shortening days. It is this irony that inspired lead singer/songwriter Teri Bracken in the creation of Brontë Fall. Bracken, too, aims to embrace the changing seasons of her life, and express as much through her art.
For Bracken, Brontë Fall alludes to her personal journey all the way back to when it first began. A Chicago native, Bracken moved to Boston as the leaves were falling down on the city. She was taking classical violin lessons in Harvard Square and would spend evenings wandering its crooked cobblestone streets. There, she would visit the folk clubs and cafes, absorbing all the music and conversation around her. Bracken's love for travel and adventure brought her journey to Nashville, New York, and other American cities where she explored various relationships and musical genres. It was through these experiences—both personal and musical—that she found her own voice. In her youth, Bracken's musical euphoria combined both an edgy rock singer and orchestral violin player. Then, for a long while, Bracken craved the rawness of Americana roots music and aching beauty of a traditional fiddle tune. When she fell in love with the craft of songwriting, Pop music took hold of her heart. Thus, she found the avenue through which to tell her story.
Brontë Fall got its start in the winter of 2015. Beginning as a mere writing project with a friend from Berklee School of Music, Brontë Fall quickly bloomed into a fully-equipped band, performing their first show in Bracken's home city of Chicago in the spring of 2015. At the core of this project is collaboration, as Bracken has always been drawn to the team aesthetic in any musical setting.
Outspokenly feminine and reminiscent of three of the first bold women who dared to have a voice, Brontë Fall aims to do what all art strives for—tell the truth. Like Ms. Emily Brontë, Brontë Fall is unedited and honest, modem and, at times, impolite. The songs are a testament to resiliency and survival, which make us most human after all. Brontë Fall's debut album, Silhouette Dances, allows all of the influences of Bracken's personal journey to seep through as she continues to pursue this adventure of music & life. 

The band performs today from 8-10 p..m. at Charles and Myrtle's Coffeehouse, 105 McBrien Road in Chattanooga.