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Atlanta?Colin Devlin laughs at the idea of his
music becoming the next New Age rave.
"I've actually put some sounds (on the album)
that are sort of compatible with your brain
waves," he jokes.
So maybe his band, The Devlins, incorporates
dreamy, lush instrumentals with lyrics oi
sheer poetry on their debut, "Drift." But thai
doesnt mean they should be compared with New
Age music queen Enya. Although The Devlins
and Enya are Irish natives, their musical styles
are worlds apart.
The Devlins are finding their own niche in
the mellow side of alternative rock. Even though
their album has been available for more than s
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yet upbeat sounds of these four lads. In midJuly,
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and Colin Devlin's resonant vocals, "Someone hii
To Talk To" just may be the band's first hit. ne
Meanwhile, "Drift" has received strong reviews,
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magazine. er,
Colin Devlin says the surge of attention is
somewhat scary. The lead vocalist/guitarist/song- gt]
1 writer admits hearing their song on the radio is ,
1 "weird." But while the attention can be intimi- a
dating, it does have its advantages, Devlin adds.
1 "At least (when) you have success, it gives
1 the opportunity and the freedom possibly to work
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again," explains Devlin, who called to chat from D(
a pay phone at a Charlotte, N.C., truck stop, gv
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's novel "Amer- (But the passes were free an<
Stone brings an sitting beside my roommate,
stic eye to this Tarantino fan, so we decided
film, "Natural and endure the 120 minutes
ed by Quentin phantasmagoric violence.)
the plots of his Oliver Stone takes this voy
voir Dogs " and t? epic heights (or lows depen<
an equally per- your perspective) and gives us
violence, "Nat- ical study of how our society h
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is movie fail to well with the ricochets) so that
e fact* the movie return to the safety of Five
' have a flimsy where the only insanity is dr
asty and well- too much smelly draft beer.
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joer is murder, the credits arrived with both 1
utshell. still alive, having chalked up a
raved violence body count of some 65 and Li
ws reports from Cohen rasping on about some
Somalia. No ex- lyptic luture. With Natura
other than too Killers," the apocalypse of the
n vegetables. is well upon us. Oliver Stone c
uld have us be- tell a cinematic story if Bertolu
ings forth from sharing the same picnic. Giv
eats you, so re- however, the slightest hint of j
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ts with firs
eir album. Industry veteran Malcom Burn,
tio had produced such artists as Bob Dylan
id Iggy Pop, took the production seat, while
>bert Bell from the band The Blue Nile lent
3 production assistance. Peter Gabriel's engier,
Dave Bottrel, added atmosphere with his
sjenuity. Former John Mellencamp fiddler Lisa
;rmano Drovided soulful backuD vocals on sev
al tracks.
Still, Devlin knows breaking into a mainream
market is difficult. "There's so many
inds out there, and there's so many records,"
! said. "You sort of make what you can from
ur circumstances."
He believes an important factor in achievg
success lies in building a strong fan base,
jvlin and his bandmates?elder brother and
litarist/bassist/vocalist Peter Devlin, keyardist
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a part- for a ham and cheese on whole wheat,
s ready Anybody with a camcorder can
inutes. make a treatise on violence in Ameri
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harden Goldblum in "The Fly;" it
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j jj gets bigger and bigger. For films that
suggest mankind has a possible fu.
8 ture of more than 50 years, go see
inking ?Four Weddings and a Funeral" or
"Barcelona." If you really must have
w ? your dollop of violence, rent "El Marileroes
achi? on video. This js a mUch more
record realistic portrayal of "People Who
eonard Shoot Other People Because They Are
apoca- Pissed" than Oliver Stone's film which
1 Born is a gratuitously graphic version of
media the adult comic "Heavy Metal."
ouldn't PS. If you loved the disjointed and
cci was rambling free-form style of this come
him, mentary, you'll just love Mr. Stone's
an epic directorial style. Be warned, though,
of our that Dramamine tablets for motion
jeously sickness will help the theater-going
lething experience.
t hit single
Sean Devitt?opened up for alternative songbird
Sarah McLauchlan earlier this year. The
group also opened up for the Australian group
Frente! on several dates in late July.
Devlin estimates his band performed for more
than 120,000 people while working with McLauchlan.
Even if their current single doesn't become
a hit, Devlin feels sure the group will have new
fans from their extensive touring.
After their stint with Frente!, The Devlins
plan to return home to Dublin for a break before
headlining a short U.S. tour in September.
Meanwhile, Devlin says the band will begin work
on a follow-up album.
"You've got to do what feels natural and what
feels right, and if that means us sticking out another
album six months down, well do it."
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