Formed in 2016, Chicago’s The Devonns (Pronounced The De Vaughans) are a four piece band that are hugely influenced by The Impressions, Leroy Hutson and Leon Ware as well as contemporaries such as Raphael Saadiq and Jamie Lidell. The beautiful, laid back ‘I Think I’m Falling In Love’ is a highlight with it’s lazy tempo offset by soaring strings and economical horns, Lidell’s ‘Green Light’ is covered and sent through a late 60s filter while the swampy blues of ‘Ain’t That A Man For You’ shows another side. ‘I Know’ is a lovely slab of deep-with-a-beat while ‘Blood Red Blues’ is a timely protest song that documents the familiar societal problems that blight modern day America. The lush, swirling string heavy ‘Come Back To Me’ is a gorgeous, pleading beat ballad while the thumping dancer ‘More’ offers another shade to this great debut.
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Listen to tracks
Come Back
Green Light
Tell Me
Think I’m Falling in Love
Blood Red Blues (Protest Song)
More
Ain’t That a Man for You?
I Know
So in Love with You
Long Goodbye
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