Part creepy, part erotica, part WTF: In the corner of an intersection in Columbia, SC where the debris from a car wreck between Kraftwerk, Trans Am, Battles, Air, and Daft Punk is partially scattered, you can find the sound of Devereaux. Not quite analog, yet not exactly electronic- Devereaux is a hybrid, born of a traditional studio recording approach whose aim is an airtight aural aesthetic. Devereaux relies entirely on original loops, patterns, vocals and beats that are primarily conceived from a live execution, Devereaux expertly layering wild colors to create a sinewy pulse that is as much machine as it is human.
W. Heyward Sims (who performs as Devereaux), grew up perfecting Led Zeppelin riffs in front of his Emerson CD player in the early 90s, and now laments the demise of the answering machine. He gets the horror movie style dance party started in the new video “NYXT,” where a bunch of scantily clad ladies dance around a balloon-filled room to what has been described by some as a “Daft Punk by way of South Carolina” tune.
Cacti Pace, Devereaux’s first EP, is the daughter of Sims’s own pre-Google and post-Google reconciliation.
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