Armchair Boogie, Them Coulee Boys, Joseph Huber

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Armchair Boogie on stage.

Armchair Boogie

media release: Hailing from Eau Claire, Them Coulee Boys are back on Feb. 28, 2025, with a new album, No Fun In The Chrysalis, an expansive new collection that finds the band picking up where their 2021 release, Namesake, left off. The band’s co-founder, Soren Staff, wrote about his ongoing struggles with self-worth and anxiety on “I Am Not Sad,” the first single from the album. The band is once again working with Grammy-winning producer Brian Joseph (Sufjan Stevens, Humbird, Bon Iver), whose production on Namesake shepherded the band beyond their folk-grass, Americana roots to “go electric.” No Fun In The Chrysalis was recorded at The Hive  in the band’s hometown of Eau Claire. The album has a warm, comfortable sound that  is both intimate, and celebratory. Them Coulee Boys have  built a loyal live following through their own relentless touring and as support for  Trampled by Turtles (Dave Simonett produced 2019’s Die Happy), Los Lobos, Old Crow Medicine Show and Band of Heathens.,  They were Wisconsin Area Music Industry’s “Bluegrass Americana Band of the Year” in 2021.

No Fun In The Chrysalis captures what has been a signature of their dynamic live shows, an ability to sing honestly about their feelings and emotions and  it has endeared them to a growing base of fans and friends.