Seattle power pop and alt-rock trio Dude York are no strangers to Portland audiences. Last year, the trio’s seemingly non-stop touring schedule found them gracing stages in this neck of the woods more frequently than some locals acts did. The band’s love for the road should come as no surprise; with crunchy guitars, soaring solos, and sing-along choruses propelling their unabashedly exuberant live set, Dude York makes each venue they play a communal space for longtime fans and newcomers alike. The band’s latest Hardly Art-issued album, Falling, finds guitarist Peter Richards and bassist Claire England trading off songwriting duties, with Richards’ somber and subdued contributions offering space to reflect before England comes along with another freight train-sized anthem to knock you back to the present. by Chipp Terwilliger