Kevin Devine’s We Are Who We’ve Always Been will be going up for pre-order tomorrow. The album features reimagined and acoustic versions of songs from Kevin Devine’s 2016 album, Instigator.
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Kevin Devine has announced he’s going to be a touring member of Brand New for the foreseeable future:
So, for the foreseeable future, I’ll be touring as a member of Brand New, playing guitar & singing harmonies. I’ve been playing music with & around Brand New in various ways for basically our entire careers; I love & am proud of them, think they’ve made a(nother) dynamic, special record, and take seriously the opportunity to perform as a part of their band, to help execute their vision & hopefully augment their already plenty-formidable stature. (It’s also really fun.) The reason for saying anything in public is to share that I’ll be quieting down the KD world for a while. There will still be a handful of odd shows here & there, and a few non-tour- or proper-record-related projects, but it feels good to do something else, take stock & decide what comes next, and “go away” a bit in some core sense. That’s it.
Thanks as always & be good to each other – these are scary, brutal, psychedelic times, but you’re not alone.
An Amazon listing for a new release from Kevin Devine called Who We Are Who We’ve Always Been has appeared online. It’s listed for release on October 20th.
Kevin Devine has released a video for “Both Ways.”
Kevin Devine has shared a video for “Daydrunk.”
Kevin Devine has announced some new tour dates.
Kevin Devine recorded an acoustic cover of Pinegrove’s “Old Friends.”
Modern Baseball have announced a headlining tour. Kevin Devine, Sorority Noise, and The Obsessives will be opening. Dates can be found below.
I caught up with Kevin Devine on the same morning that his new album, Instigator, launched for stream onto the internet — a fact he seemed almost as relieved as he was excited about. Over the next hour, we talked all kinds of things from the connection between the album’s title and its artwork, how his song “No Time Flat” has aged over the past decade, and what full-length album he might want to cover next.
“I can’t say I’m underrated,” Kevin Devine sings at the beginning of a new Bright Eyes-like folk song called “No One Says You Have To.” Although in the context of the song, it serves as a reminder to Devine to appreciate the success he’s found, I’ll have to disagree with him there. The 39-year-old Brookyln singer/songwriter is now nine albums deep and still hasn’t put out a bad album. He was able to release two albums in the same year – on the same day – with nearly two completely different sounds and both were rightfully acclaimed. But for all that, he crowdfunded his last two albums and he was dropped from Capitol after only one release — he can say he’s not underrated all he wants, but I’m going to disagree every time.
Instigator is my argument as to why.
Kevin Devine’s new album, Instigator, can be streamed below.
Kevin Devine has released his new song “Instigator.”
Procrastinate! Music Traitors have sent out their third quarter “information report” detailing what they’ve got coming up for the next few months. No, there’s not news about the new Brand New album or next single.
Kevin Devine has released his new song, “No History.” The new album Instigator is also up for pre-order. The album will be out on October 21st.
Kevin Devine will be releasing his new album, Instigator, this fall. No release date has been set, or pre-orders available, but you can sign up to be notified when they are on the label’s website. (The words “notify me” are actually a link.) Kevin has also announced new tour dates with Julien Baker, Pinegrove, and Petal. You’ll find those below.
