By Monk
Hailing from the city in the shadow of one of the world’s most famous and notorious volcanoes, the duo of Gianni Blacula and Erika Switchblade explode out of the garages of the Neapolitan back alleys with a sound that is as dark and dense as the foreboding presence of Vesuvius and as primeval and molten as the magma which bubbles and broils within said mountain.
Sonically extremely reminiscent of male/female power duos such as Blood Red Shoes and The White Stripes (the latter comparison perhaps not inevitable given previous collaborations with TWS producer Jim Diamond), The Devils also evoke the chaotic, anarchic audio equivalent of the chaotic, anarchic movie from which they take their name.
Built on dense, rockabilly-infused dynamics, ‘Let The World Burn Down’ draws as much on the dark gothic mysticism of the likes of Nick Cave as it does the heavier, laconic dynamism of other duos such as Royal Blood, The Picturebooks and, of course, the White siblings.
Big, crushing riffs crash over you like an oncoming tsunami, enveloping you with an inevitable embrace which you are powerless to resist. Massive melodies sweep and ebb like the subsequent ambient tides. while catchy choruses combine with acerbic, acidic vocals which provide a beautifully contrasting dynamic that really shouldn’t work but does so on every level.
Hypnotic stuff.
- ‘Let The World Burn Down‘ is out now.
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