Kevin Devine Streams “Magic Magnet” via Brooklyn Vegan
Devinyl Splits No. 4 with Cymbals Eat Guitars
Out November 13th via Bad Timing Records
Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band are now streaming their first single since 2013, “
Magic Magnet,” via
Brooklyn Vegan. The high energy single comes off of the band’s upcoming split with Cymbals Eat Guitars, out November 13th via
Bad Timing Records. Pre-orders are available now via
Bad Timing Records. Cymbals Eat Guitars’ song from the record is also streaming now via
Spin.
Over the course of 2015,
Kevin Devine has been unveiling his
Devinyl Splits Series, a six-7″ series featuring Devine teaming up with a different partner every release. So far, the series has included Devine and
Matthew Caws of
Nada Surf covering each others songs, Devine and
Meredith Graves of
Perfect Pussy each recording an intimate original song (the first solo song ever released from Graves) and Devine and
Tigers Jaw each taking on a song by
The Cure. Most recently, he has announced the next two partners,
Cymbals Eat Guitars and
Owen, as well as a string of shows with his partners from the series this December (sponsored by Brooklyn Vegan). A full list of tour dates can be found below.
Kevin Devine has also recently announced reissues of his album Matter Of Time. This live record, originally released as a tour EP in 2012, has been remastered by Jesse Cannon and released with new artwork by the Goddamn Band’s own Chris Bracco. This, along with the 2nd pressing of Devine’s fan favorite album Brother’s Blood, are available now via Bad Timing Records.
Devinyl Splits No. 4 tracklisting:
1. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Aerobed
2. Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band – Magic Magnet
Tour Dates:
12/12 – Philadelphia, PA – The TLA^
12/13 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair^
02/04 – Manchester, UK – Club Academy#
02/05 – Leeds, UK – University#
02/06 – Gateshead, UK – Riverside#
02/07 – Glasgow, UK – Garage#
02/08 – Birmingham, UK – Library#
02/10 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Room#
02/11 – Cardiff, UK – Globe#
02/12 – Bristol, UK – Marble Factory#
02/13 – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2#
02/14 – Southsea, UK – Wedgewood Rooms#
02/16 – London, UK – Koko#
^ Devinyl Splits Performances w/ Matthew Caws (of Nada Surf), Meredith Graves (of Perfect Pussy), Brianna Collins & Ben Walsh (of Tigers Jaw), Cymbals Eat Guitars, Mike Kinsella (of Owen, American Football & Owls), + 1 TBA
# w/ The Front Bottoms
Brooklyn singer-songwriter
Kevin Devine is a powerhouse in the contemporary indie rock world. Devine began releasing solo records in 2002, slowly gaining steam through extensive touring and a steady release of increasingly impressive records. In 2009, Devine released
Brother’s Blood and the
I Could Be With Anyone EP through Favorite Gentlemen Recordings. The records quickly sparked across the scene as Devine became a cult favorite in the indie-rock world. His sharp lyrical style combined with 90s inspired bedroom indie rock connected instantly with fans, leading
Brother’s Blood to become Devine’s best selling record to date.
After releasing three consecutive Billboard-200 charting records with 2011’s Between The Concrete And The Clouds and the first two Bad Books albums (Devine’s band with members of Manchester Orchestra), Devine looked to the crowd sourcing website Kickstarter to fund his next two records Bubblegum and Bulldozer. His fans responded – Devine met his $50,000 target funding within only 8 hours of the 45-day campaign, and ultimately fans pitched in to the tune of $115,000, more than double his initial goal. The funds resulted in the simultaneous October 2013 release of Bulldozer, produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck and Guided By Voices) and laced with folk-rock and pop ballads, and Bubblegum, a proper rock record produced by Jesse Lacey of Brand New, hooky and fast and wrapped in fuzz & feedback. The two records were Devine’s highest-charting Billboard releases to date.
In 2014, Bad Timing Records, Devinyl Records and Favorite Gentlemen Recordings began their partnership with the release of a double A-side 7″ single, featuring the song “She Can See Me”, which appeared in different versions on both
Bulldozer and
Bubblegum. The three teamed up in 2015 to re-release Devine’s classic record
Brother’s Blood as a double LP, before announcing a year long split 7″ series:
Devinyl Splits began releasing every two months throughout the year, starting this past February. The first three partners announced were Matthew Caws (of Nada Surf), Meredith Graves (of Perfect Pussy), and Tigers Jaw. The last three split partners will be announced later this year. The first three splits are available now via
Bad Timing Records! All year-long subscriptions have sold out. Individual orders for the remaining three splits will become available later in the year.
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