Yellow Racket Records Showcase: Telemonster, Abe Houck, & Days Now

Name: Yellow Racket Records Showcase: Telemonster, Abe Houck, & Days Now
Start: 2025-11-15T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Songbirds Foundation

Schedule

Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Songbirds Foundation | Chattanooga, TN

Doors at 6:00 PM
Show at 7:00 PM
Standing Show (+ limited table seating!)
*Purchasing a table means you are purchasing admission for 4 people. Seats = stools.*
Over the last 10 years, the band Telemonster has produced 12 kids and 1 record. These days their music comes from this particular place in life – a place where you carry toddlers more than guitar cases; where you play hide ’n’ seek more than you play shows; where music is made from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am because everyone else has gone to bed.
Telemonster’s 15-year run is no small feat considering the band was originally formed for a one-off college talent show in 2009. Telemonster’s early output stemmed from collaborations between cousins Ben VanderHart (guitar/vocals) and Josh Barrett (drums) who had moved to Chattanooga, TN from their respective hometowns in Iowa and New Mexico. John-Michael Forman stepped in on bass to round out the band’s earliest lineup, and over time they added Dave Hess (keys) and Paul Smallman (guitar/keys). Telemonster released an eponymous EP in 2011 and quickly followed up with 2012’s self-released A Girl I Knew. After a 6-year hiatus, the band returned to the studio in 2018 and self-released their sophomore effort, Introspecter, Pt. 1 on Yellow Racket Records. Over the last few years, the band has continued writing and recording amidst the disarray of having kids, running their own businesses, founding a record label, opening a record store, and, whenever possible, enjoying a quiet life.
With support from Abe Houck and Days Now!