Music

Fireside

Released October 12, 2022

Growing weary of the pandemic lockdown of 2020–2021, the Bottom Dwellers decided to resume their weekly rehearsals after receiving their vaccinations. These rehearsals took place outside, and only when the air quality would permit it. Northern California was inundated with smoke from record-setting wildfires during much of this time.

In the fall and winter months, the band huddled around a fire pit (at a respectable social distance) to keep warm while they played. With music venues shut down, there wasn’t much to do but write, so that’s what they did. Fireside is a collection of songs written during this time. It takes its name from both the inferno that engulfed much of their home state, as well as the source of heat that made these rehearsals possible.