Singer-songwriters sprout like wildflowers in Texas, but none comparable to Amigo the Devil. On sophomore full-length
Born Against, Danny Kiranos puts on the masks of a series of storytellers – some introspective, some romantic, some angry, some just plain crazed. Like Ed Hamell if he d grown up in East Austin, he presents a tense situation in Murder at the Bingo Hall that becomes both bizarrely groovy and darkly hilarious. The boozy march Quiet as a Rat drags in what sounds like a Salvation Army band to point angry fingers at God, while rollicking banjo folk tune 24K Casket pumps irreverence into the fear of death. Not everything parses out in measured distance, however, as spaghetti Western ballad Different Anymore, the Scott Walker-esque Another Man s Grave, and the stark Letter From Death Row pack pure emotional punch. While Kiranos relies on his acoustic guitar and soaring vocal grit, he surrounds himself with a bleary combo of widescreen arrangements and homegro
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Last month, Danny Kiranos had enough of being stuck at home. The lack of movement during the pandemic over the last year was weighing on the singer-songwriter, who performs under the moniker Amigo the Devil.
“I got cabin fever so I packed a bag, put some stuff in the car and I’ve literally been driving,” Kiranos says. “I started going north, I didn’t have much of a plan.”
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