From the first notes of Early Times, it’s clear that Hotopp is drawing on the full palette of human emotion. “Will Go On” opens the EP with an uplifting camaraderie that feels like a shared toast among friends, while “Pull Me Through” explores emotional resilience, capturing the quiet courage required to navigate life’s trials. On "Forever This Time", Hotopp ponders the enduring nature of love, delivering each line with contemplative sincerity.

We will most likely continue to toil in the trenches of semi-obscurity naively hoping that each gig will lead us to be discovered by a cigar chomping music executive who offers us a legendary deal, thus catapulting us into a rock & roll lifestyle of excess, drug abuse, sexual degeneracy, and then ultimately (after flaming out on stage at the Grammy’s due to a terrible harness accident and pyrotechnic malfunction with our 60 foot animatronic techno-gopher)

Chippewa Valley fans and new listeners alike can look forward to a “lovingly stewed sonic journey” by The Driftless Revelers, in their sophomore album release “In the Kitchen with the Driftless Revelers.”

The second studio release by the Driftless Revelers, In the Kitchen with the Driftless Revelers is now available!