{"id":31955,"date":"2026-07-18T05:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=31955"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:29:49","slug":"album-review-st-divine-the-devil-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/album-review-st-divine-the-devil-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: St. Divine \u2013 The Devil You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-31958\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/st_devine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/st_devine.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/st_devine-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/st_devine-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Every reviewer has his\/her\/their own musical preferences, and those tastes inevitably inform how they approach and evaluate new music. In my own case, when I encounter the word \u201cAmericana,\u201d I may not reach for my (metaphorical) revolver, but neither do I lean forward with eager anticipation. That said, the use of that over-used descriptor need not really apply to New York\u2019s St. Divine. (Hey, if it helps then get listens, no harm and no foul.) What I hear is blazing garage punk with a roaring rhythm section that\u2019s supremely tight. Impressively, when the band doesn\u2019t attack full-throttle \u2013 as on the title track of <i>The Devil You Know<\/i> \u2013 the music seethes with menace, oozes with lubricity. St. Divine are as effective when they simmer as when they sear.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an authentic sense of danger in these tunes, and the band makes exceedingly effective use of the male-and-female duet approach to vocalizing. The voices of Will Croxton and Judy Ann Nock twist and turn around each other like snakes on a caduceus. To double down on a point I made a few sentences back, the Americana textures \u2013 when they surface \u2013 are subtly, fully and seamlessly integrated into the band\u2019s aesthetic. Check out the cowboy twang of \u201cWe Went Walking\u201d for an example; it\u2019s c&amp;w-leaning without the artifice that so often permeates the style. In any event, I\u2019d place St. Divine closer is style and spirit to cowpunk. And that\u2019s a very good place to be. Recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every reviewer has his\/her\/their own musical preferences, and those tastes inevitably inform how they approach and evaluate new music. In my own case, when I encounter the word \u201cAmericana,\u201d I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,39,49,59,65],"tags":[5998],"class_list":["post-31955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garage","category-indie","category-new-release","category-punk","category-review","tag-st-divine","cat-33-id","cat-39-id","cat-49-id","cat-59-id","cat-65-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31977,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31955\/revisions\/31977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}