Smother Magazine Band Spotlight

Smother Magazine Band Spotlight: Devics

Devics quaintly deliver twirl dreamy pop musings with divine and catchy shoegazing melodies creating songs that are immense and luxurious in depth. But while there may be songs that lack brevity, their songs are not so overtly artistic and complex that they're far from pop. Devics consists of female vocalist Sara Lov and her sometime partner in music, multi-instrumentalist and producer Dustin O'Hallaran. Sara was raised by her single mother until she was abducted by her father who whisked her off to Israel eventually being repatriated by a friendly uncle. This checkered past seems to linger on in her lyrics which tend to offer a slight edge of melancholy and are deceptively delivered with tenderness. The productions and rhymes are amazing seeming to marry indie pop with artsy rock. The songwriting is beyond top-notch almost touching songs off to become instant classics by itself, let alone the musicianship. An amazing duo that transpires expectations fueling intense fondness in the music underground for female-fronted outfits once again.

Selected Discography

Push the Heart (2006) - Read the review
Distant Radio (2005)
The Stars at Saint Andrea (2003)
My Beautiful Sinking Ship (2001)

Web site(s) to check out:

Official Site

Myspace page

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