Kevin Devine is currently working his way through a series of acoustic videos, featuring both covers and original tracks. Today, he’s premiering both hi...
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Kevin Devine is currently working his way through a series of acoustic videos, featuring both covers and original tracks. Today, he’s premiering both his Conor Oberst cover, ‘Mamah Borhtwick’, and ‘No One Says You Have To’ - check them out below, first on Dork."I’ve played a handful of shows with Conor across our projects through the years, very much spread out, and none since opening for Bright Eyes in Australia in 2011,” says Kevin. “Though I suppose we are distantly friendly, it’s probably safer to count myself amongst his many admirers - at his best and clearest, his intelligence, empathy, commitment, and ability to keep you guessing at how the lyric will resolve itself are really high level. I think this song from his most recent record speaks to those strengths, and sounds to me only like something he’d write, which is, incidentally, the hardest thing to sound like - yourself."Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band released their own album, ‘Instigator’(listen here), last year through Big Scary Monsters - and they’re about the head out on tour to celebrate, starting in Germany then working their way through Europe to the UK. Catch them at: JANUARY 16 Underground, Koln, Germany 17 Nochtspeicher, Hamburg, Germany 18 Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, Germany 20 Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany 21 Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany 22 Chelsea, Vienna, Austria 23 Magnolia, Milan, Italy 24 Eldorado, Zürich, Switzerland 26 Trix, Antwerp, Belgium 27 Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands 29 Thekla, Bristol 30 Bodega, Nottingham 31 Deaf Institute, Manchester FEBRUARY 01 Stereo, Glasgow 02 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 03 The Dome, London
