Devil Love – Photo Credit: Joshua Pickering Photography
Blurring the boundaries between ’90s alt-rock, ’70s rhythmic crunch, and the savvy songwriting of Big Star and Elliott Smith,
Devil Love makes its brand of hook-heavy pop/rock. It’s a modern sound that nods to the best parts of the past, fusing the melodies of frontman
Peter Buzzelle a longtime member of Boston’s songwriting community with the thick guitars and stomping percussion of a full-throttle indie-rock band.
Buzzelle’s career that began in the Pacific Northwest, where he attended college with members of Sleater-Kinney and played drums for The Posies’ opening act. This was the last decade of the 20th century the golden era of alternative music and Buzzelle had a front-row seat to history in the making, often sharing shows with the genre’s bigger acts. Although he’d later return to his native Massachusetts and kickstart his songwriting career, something about those years in Oregon never left