If you go
› What: Parachute, The Wide Awake Tour featuring Brynn Elliott and Paul McDonald.› When: 7 p.m. Saturday, July 16.› Where: Revelry Room, 41 E. 14th St.› Admission: $20 in advance, $22 day of show.› Phone: 423-521-2929.› Artist website: weareparachute.com.› Venue website: revelry room.co.
Discography
2009: “Losing Sleep”2011: “The Way It Was”2013: “Overnight”2016: “Wide Awake”
Whatever its name implies, the career arc of Parachute in the latter half of its first decade has been anything but gentle and drifting. A more fitting moniker might be Sky Rocket.
The pop rock trio – originally a quartet – was formed in 2006 in Charlottesville, Va., by lifelong friends Will Anderson, Johnny Stubblefield, Kit French and Alex Hargrave, who has since left the band.
In 2009, Parachute embarked on its first headlining tour alongside Nashville-based SafetySuit. That string of dates was exciting for the precedent it set, French says, but it wasn’t exactly glamorous.