My First Band Podcast

If you don't know Them Coulee Boys yet, you will soon. The Eau-Claire-based bluegrass outfit just released its outstanding sophomore album, Die Happy, two weeks ago, and they're about to embark on a lengthy U.S. tour. Just days after the up-and-coming band put out its long-awaited record and just before officially hitting the road, Them Coulee Boys dropped by Turner Hall to play a one-off show in support of its new album. Before that concert, singer-guitarist Soren Staff was kind enough to talk about Die Happy and the unlikely turn of events that led to him trying to make a career in music with Them Coulee Boys. Staff met My First Band host Tyler Maas in the Turner Hall balcony before the Aug. 30 outing to talk about the process of making the "all killer, no filler" (both Maas' and Sum 41's words) record with one of his musical idols and his band's plans for the near future. He also told Maas about his start as the singer of a Fall-Out-Boy-adjacent band in a rural Wisconsin town with a population of 400 and e