To celebrate their first in-person performance since the pandemic, Restroy is releasing their 2020 album, Sketches, on CD for the first time.
Restroy is led by Christopher Dammann and developed in collaboration with James Davis, Kevin Davis, Mabel Kwan, Paul Giallorenzo and the great Avreeayl Ra. Dammann says, “Avreeayl, James, Mabel, Kevin, and Paul are the most inspiring musicians I know and this music is exactly the music I want to make.”
Sketches, Restroy’s release on ears&eyes Records, was finished during a month-long musical residency at Steep Theatre and recorded over a weekend in September 2019. The first five tracks were recorded at Decade Music Studios and the sixth from a show at Elastic Arts the night before the studio session.
In a year where so much has changed, this is music made in constant gratitude to and appreciation of the Chicago musical community — the venues that give sound room to grow, the musicians who are the best at what they do and all the people who listen.
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