Devics
Encyclopedia
Devics is a dream pop
band from Los Angeles
, California
consisting of Sara Lov
, Dustin O'Halloran, Ed Maxwell, Theodore Liscinski, and Evan Schnabel. Their music can be described as melancholic
.
In 2008, Devics covered The Cure's
"Catch" for the American Laundromat Records
produced compilation "Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure". It was recorded by Pall Jenkins of the Black Heart Procession and included performances by Scott Mercado, Jimmy LaValle, Pall Jenkins as well as Dustin O'Halloran and Sara Lov.
Dream pop
Dream pop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, when bands like The Passions, Dif Juz, Lowlife and A.R. Kane began fusing post-punk and ethereal experiments with bittersweet pop melodies into dreamy, sensual soundscapes. The term was almost...
band from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
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consisting of Sara Lov
Sara Lov
Singer/songwriter Sara Lov was born in Hawaii in 1970 and later was raised by her mother in Los Angeles after the divorce of her parents. At the age of four she was kidnapped by her father and taken to Israel...
, Dustin O'Halloran, Ed Maxwell, Theodore Liscinski, and Evan Schnabel. Their music can be described as melancholic
Melancholia
Melancholia , also lugubriousness, from the Latin lugere, to mourn; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit; wistfulness, from old English wist: intent, or saturnine, , in contemporary usage, is a mood disorder of non-specific depression,...
.
In 2008, Devics covered The Cure's
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
"Catch" for the American Laundromat Records
American Laundromat Records
American Laundromat Records is an indie label based in Mystic, CT.The label has produced several tribute albums, including Dig For Fire - a tribute to PIXIES, Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young, and High School Reunion - A Tribute to Those Great 80's Films...
produced compilation "Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure". It was recorded by Pall Jenkins of the Black Heart Procession and included performances by Scott Mercado, Jimmy LaValle, Pall Jenkins as well as Dustin O'Halloran and Sara Lov.
Discography
- 1996 Buxom (LP, self release)
- 1998 If You Forget Me... (LP)
- 2000 The Ghost in the Girl (EP)
- 2001 My Beautiful Sinking ShipMy Beautiful Sinking Ship-Track listing:#"Heart and Hands" - 5:43#"My Beautiful Sinking Ship" - 3:40#"You in the Glass" - 3:45#"The Man I Love" - 5:47#"You Could Walk Forever" - 4:42#"Alone With You" 5:09#"Why I Chose To Never Grow" - 3:19#"Living Behind The Sun" - 4:03...
(LP) - 2003 "Red morning" (7" Vinyl Single)
- 2003 The Stars at Saint AndreaThe Stars at Saint Andrea-Track listing:#"Red Morning" - 4:42#"Don't Take It Away" - 4:34#"In Your Room" - 4:59#"My True Love" - 5:36#"All Your Beautiful Trees" - 4:35#"The End and the Beginning" - 4:35#"Safer Shores" - 4:44#"Connected by a String" - 3:45...
(LP) - 2003 Ribbons (EP)
- 2005 Distant Radio (EP)
- 2006 Push the HeartPush the Heart-Track listing:#"Lie to Me" – 3:04#"A Secret Message to You" – 4:58#"Salty Seas" – 4:13#"Song For a Sleeping Girl" – 4:36#"Distant Radio" – 4:54#"Just One Breath" – 3:55#"Moments" – 4:44#"If We Cannot See" – 5:11#"City Lights" – 3:58#"Come Up" – 4:01...
(LP)