DEVON SPROULE
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DEVON SPROULE
After spending the last six months in Germany and England, Devon Sproule has settled once again in the American south — in Austin, TX. The city is renowned for its music and also, its brutal summers. Many Austin musicians make a point to tour north during the summer months and Sproule is no exception. Just done with a cross-country tour of Canada, Sproule is making her way to the UK with a new addition to her band, Toronto guitar / synth virtuoso Thom Gill.
Gill, a jazz grad turned pop prince, has been on tour with Sproule for most of the summer, accompanying her and opening the shows with his brand of gospel-inspired soul. The two together deliver a weird and inspiring take on folk-pop, playing a mix of new material and songs from Sproule’s Tin Angel release I Love You, Go Easy.
“The lyrics of I Love You, Go Easy glance off each other arrestingly, juxtaposing images. The music is correspondingly complex…layered textures and unexpected lyrical piano codas somewhere between jazz and hymnal, have a centripetal stillness about them, as if suspended for a moment out of time.” – Financial Times