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3/9/2024 Kitchen Dwellers (from the album Seven Devils
Kitchen Dwellers (from the album Seven Devils available on Kitchen Dwellers/No Coincidence Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
Finding new experiences to spark your muse can be tough at times. The inspiration for Seven Devils, the recent release from Kitchen Dwellers, went deep for authors, tagging the works Dante’s Epic Voyage and The Divine Comedy as source material for the storylines. Musically, Kitchen Dwellers mix and match genres, rhythms, sonics, and styles as the string band backs the songs. While the playing is loose and the melodies memorable, there is a depth the instrumental passages that course across Seven Devils. Kitchen Dwellers’ Torrin Daniels recalled ‘we started recording this album with less music written than we ever have. That is to say, we went into the studio with just pieces and parts of music. Fragments of song, rather than fully formulated ideas. The album was recorded at GBP Studios in East Lansing, Michigan and was recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Glenn Brown (Billy Strings, Greensky Bluegrass). 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 have been written as a result of improvising and trying out different ideas. And that is how we recorded this album - long nights and early mornings full of bouncing musical ideas off of one another in circles around the room’. The road plays heavily in the storylines of Seven Devils when the workings of heart are buried like the lost love discussed when Kitchen Dwellers are joined by Lindsay Lou in “The Crow and The Raven (III)” while Oregon rain considers train rails to reconnect two lovers for “Seven Devils (Limbo)”. The album title was a name on the map that Kitchen Dwellers found while touring, the band’s Max Davies explaining ‘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 references from all of these stories’. Lindasy Lou returns for the male/female vocal volley in “Here We Go (IV)”, “Pendulum (V)” as the instruments take the lead for “Meaghers Reel” while “Unwind (Paradiso)” rides a fast-track groove and Seven Devils exits on an extended, full version of the title track. (by Danny McCloskey) Listen and buy the music of Kitchen Dwellers from AMAZON For more information, please visit the Kitchen Dwellers website The Blog Tags widget will appear here on the published site.
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