Acclaimed singer/songwriter Amigo the Devil releases a brand new song “The Mechanic” via Liars Club Records / Regime Music Group.
The single marks the second track from Amigo the Devil’s forthcoming 2024 album, Yours Until the War is Over, set to release Feb. 23, 2024 – his most disarming and inspired collection of songs to date. Hauntingly soft strings and Spanish-style acoustic guitar complement lyrics that reflect on a broken relationship searching for a happiness that’s been lost to the painful realities of their time together. Bonded through both love and trauma, the lyrics are profound in both their depth and simplicity.
Like a house that’s on fire but you love how it feels,
So you throw in the memories to feed it.
The more you let go, the harder it is to leave.
“The song is in line with realizing your own flaws, but coming from the other side than previous single ‘Cannibal Within,’ where you are the one causing a lot of the imbalance,” explains songwriter and vocalist Danny Kiranos.
Accompanying visuals for “The Mechanic” video reveal intimate insights behind the record’s genesis. Yours Until the War is Over is the first studio album by Amigo the Devil that was entirely produced, recorded, and engineered in-house. Created in a basement bar-turned-studio in the middle of Tennessee, the video shows the bare-bones of his recording process – from scribbling lyrics on pages of a journal, to the natural dynamics with songwriting partner and guitarist David Talley, to experimenting with oddball percussion from his homemade recording den.
The collaborative nature of the recording process – another first for Kiranos – shines in the depth of the new music created on Yours Until the War Is Over. Songs thread together cerebral stories of trauma bonding and the method of using a relationship for survival, whether by addiction, doubt, death, or narcissism.
The album’s first single “Cannibal Within” garnered praise from Consequence for its “disarming, lyrically uncompromising brand of dark folk.” Similar to his greatest influences, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen, Amigo the Devil embodies the truest form of an artist in this new work. From narrative journeys to internal conflict, Yours Until the War is Over is all heart, with no boundaries.
To pre-order Yours Until the War is Over, visit amigothedevil.com. Read more about the life and career of Amigo the Devil HERE.
Amigo the Devil 2024 Tour Dates
Feb. 16 – Mashantucket, CT – Foxwood Resort Casino*
Feb. 17 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater*
Feb. 18 – Atlantic City, NJ – Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino*
Feb. 20 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa*
Feb. 21 – Richmond, VA – The National*
Feb. 23 – Charles Town, WV – The Event Center at Hollywood Casino*
Feb. 24 – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak*
Feb. 25 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount*
Feb. 27 – Winston-Salem, NC – The Ramkat*
Feb. 28 – Chattanooga, TN – The Signal*
Mar. 1 – Nashville, IN – Brown County Music Center*
Mar. 2 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee*
Mar. 3 – Green Bay, WI – EPIC Event Center*
Mar. 5 – West Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom*
Mar. 6 – Mankato, MN – Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center*
Mar. 8 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater*
Mar. 9 – Mulvane, KS – Kansas Star Casino*
Mar. 10 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre*
Mar. 12 – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater*
Mar. 13 – Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theatre*
Mar. 15 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre*
Mar. 16 – Silverado, CA – Shamrock Rebellion*
Mar. 17 – Las Vegas, NV – Shamrock Rebellion*
*with Flogging Molly