"I told a lie when I should of told the truth if you want me..."
It is not always the case that we are products of where we live but singer-songwriter Devon Thompson on her latest sonic offering "Soft Like Water", accompanied by an evocative Official Video, exposes her raw, feral side, with potent admissions, a clenched fist vocal countenance, tough and magnetic but embracing like Los Angeles itself. The song, about "a re-discovery of one’s self after losing yourself to someone" surges on explosive guitar down strokes, punchy bass and artfully flailing drum slaps and, front and center, a voice that burns in her lower registers and growls when she wails. Devon's voice exists between self aware breathiness and full throated howls with emotional grit underneath all the while and I thought of artists like PJ Harvey, Sarah Bettens, Johnette Napolitano.
Sewn up wounds, after all, heal better when exposed to air.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Born in Los Angeles early this century Devon Thompson comments that her earliest memory was punching through a pane of glass, to see if she could. Quite successful in this venture, profuse amounts of blood, stitches, parental trauma, and slight fear of her next move meant performance art was already championed. Growing up a pale, emaciated misfit Devon found her home listening to music. A California child of the sun she was not meant to be. Early Siouxsie, The Animals, The Cramps, Bill Evans and the Beatles permeated her developmental years. By the age of 19 Devon had been playing Los Angeles clubs with her bands for many seasons. Her recordings are thus far lingering with the Bel Canto of Roy Orbison, the delicacy of Harriett Wheeler and the sheer aggression of PJ Harvey. Devon has trimmed her ensemble to the bare essentials for maximum impact. Devoid of pre-records, and modern gimmick Devon keeps her songs and show brutally honest in delivery. Bass, Drums and her library of beautiful Guitars allow Devon’s audience to witness the most delicate surgery to primordial amputation of sound in the the same set.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/devon-thompson/1507732902
https://www.tiktok.com/@devonnthompsonn
https://www.instagram.com/devonnthompsonn/
Born in Los Angeles early this century Devon Thompson comments that her earliest memory was punching through a pane of glass, to see if she could. Quite successful in this venture, profuse amounts of blood, stitches, parental trauma, and slight fear of her next move meant performance art was already championed. Growing up a pale, emaciated misfit Devon found her home listening to music. A California child of the sun she was not meant to be. Early Siouxsie, The Animals, The Cramps, Bill Evans and the Beatles permeated her developmental years. By the age of 19 Devon had been playing Los Angeles clubs with her bands for many seasons. Her recordings are thus far lingering with the Bel Canto of Roy Orbison, the delicacy of Harriett Wheeler and the sheer aggression of PJ Harvey. Devon has trimmed her ensemble to the bare essentials for maximum impact. Devoid of pre-records, and modern gimmick Devon keeps her songs and show brutally honest in delivery. Bass, Drums and her library of beautiful Guitars allow Devon’s audience to witness the most delicate surgery to primordial amputation of sound in the the same set.
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