Quinn Devlin and the porch bluesy love and longing of "Movie Scene"

 

"Jenny said "won't you come on down to the edge of town..."

I am crushing hard on the effervescent, down home "Movie Scene" by singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Quinn Devlin. Against somber pedal steel guitar sunshine, wonderful natural electric guitar jags, bass dancing with the drum kit and full folk picking, Devlin spins his yarn. Porch bluesy and forever Americana, the song moves along like a slow dance in the kitchen. The formula, earnest, loving and kind of quirky with Devlin, who has a vocal countenance like a character in a Loretta Lynn song from the halcyon days. He relays easy times, simpler times with friendships in tow. 

I wondered briefly when things like getting splashed by gasoline or standing by a rope hanging from a tree or scraping your knee might be deep metaphors (or even shallow ones) but I get the feeling that everything is as you hears them, a fictional recounting of things kissed by real experiences. 

When you hear the chorus:

"we're drinking Coca Cola 

it's a summer's dream

in the afternoon

like lovers of the movie scene"

I swear that you hear bubbles being blown faintly in the Coca Cola drink. That might be a metaphor too, (wink). This is a song that I didn't know I needed as is Quinn Devlin's vocal persona. 

-Robb Donker Curtius

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1a18ASCKBGTJJ95oIl7M5J

https://www.instagram.com/quinndevlin/


A native of suburban Pennsylvania, Quinn Devlin grew up on records such as London Calling, Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ, and Tapestry. He moved to NYC in 2012 to attend Columbia University. As a multi-instrumentalist, Quinn has supported the likes of Aisha Badru, Alex Lleo, JW Francis, vern matz, Sarah Cicero, Freakquencee, and Jacqueline Hackett, among others on record and/or on stage.

Quinn Devlin, folk rock, country, Americana, porch blues, "Movie Scene", splashed by gas-oline, dreamy, love song, slow dance, folk picking, pedal steel guitar sunshine,