Kitchen Dwellers, Armchair Boogie, Sicard Hollow

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Ed Coyle

Four people in a field on a sunny day.

Kitchen Dwellers

This Montana-based Americana quartet is on the road ahead of the March 1 release of their fourth album, Seven Devils. The title track (and lead single) gets trippy by adding some well-deployed Echoplex to the band’s bluegrass base. If that’s not trippy enough for you, Nashville quartet Sicard Hollow brings both psych and punk angles to bluegrass. And making the show a can’t-miss proposition is the presence of Madison’s own funky grassers Armchair Boogie in the lineup.

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media release: Kitchen Dwellers — Shawn Swain [Mandolin], Torrin Daniels [banjo], Joe Funk [upright bass], and Max Davies [acoustic guitar] — twist bluegrass, folk, and rock through a kaleidoscope of homegrown stories, rich mythology, American West wanderlust, and psychedelic hues.

The Bozeman, Montana, based outfit is thrilled to announce their new studio album Seven Devils, by sharing the first sampling of the album, due out March 1, 2024. The title track ("Seven Devils (Limbo)" was also released as the first single.

About the single, guitarist Max Davies says, “The name ‘Seven Devils’ is something I found throughout our travels as a band. Not only are there several places in the Carolinas that hold this namesake, but also along the Northwest Pacific coast as well. Even beyond this is the ‘Seven Devils’ mountain range, located in western Idaho along the Snake River. Not only is this name found in many places, but it appears to also come from many sources. Some are Biblical in nature - i.e. the seven demons cast out of Mary Magdalene - while others hold Native American origins. The lyrics of the song pull reference from all of these stories.” 

Inspired by Dante's epic voyage through the Nine Circles of Hell, Seven Devils guides the listener through a similar exploration. Each track represents one of the Seven Deadly Sins, while others draw inspiration from "The Divine Comedy," serving as checkpoints on this musical descent into the abyss. The Dwellers invite the listener to treat this experience as a musical journey inward - to the self.

The album was recorded at GBP Studios in East Lansing, Michigan and was recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Grammy winner Glenn Brown (Billy Strings, Greensky Bluegrass). “We knew going into this project that we wanted to work with someone that was really going to push us,” explains Davies. “Glenn has a way of working the music out of you in a way that is all his own - creating songs out of nothing. Many tunes on this record were written as a result of improvising and trying out different ideas. Each song contains a piece from everyone in the band. Every tune on the record holds musical ideas from each one of us. For this reason, we think it sounds the most like us that any record has.” 

The quartet—Shawn Swain [Mandolin], Torrin Daniels [banjo], Joe Funk [upright bass], and Max Davies [acoustic guitar]—twist bluegrass, folk, and rock through a kaleidoscope of homegrown stories, rich mythology, American West wanderlust, and psychedelic hues. 

After amassing 5 million-plus streams, selling out shows, and receiving acclaim from Huffington Post, Relix, American Songwriter, Forbes and more, the band brings their creative approach to their new conceptual album Seven Devils, out everywhere on March 1, 2024.