Brinton Jones isn’t recovering from a flesh-eating disease. Jake Fish hasn’t suffered spontaneous combustion, nor has he been killed in a bizarre gardening accident.Cameron Runyan has two arms, like the rest of us. Salt Lake City band The Devil Whale hasn’t endured any behind-the-scenes horrors that makes for a particularly interesting backstory. What the quintet offers is a determination to become the hardest-working band in Utah, as well as to play some great songs.

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(we know this in French. we just like it.) Dans l’ombre de leurs copains folkeux The Head And The Heart, la formation de Seattle commence à prendre du galon. Sous l’impulsion d’un Brinton Jones dont le timbre de voix ne manque ni de chaleur ni de charisme, The Devil Whale sortait fin mai son second album intitulé Teeth, un recueil de chansons admirables qu’on rangerait volontiers parmi les perles Americana signées Jason Colett ou Dr Dog.

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The Salt Lake City, Utah quintet curates a style of indie rock that is sharply observant and buoyant. Their songs are marked with a nice ebb and flow as the band clearly understands the dynamics of when to lean into things and when to ease up and let the songwriting speak for itself. Along the way their jagged, sometimes choppy song structures are punctuated with chiming guitars, solid rhythms, and rumbling, floor tom happy percussion.

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Salt Lake City’s indie-folksters The Devil Whale are pretty impressive. They walk that fine line between classic rock and indie folk which bands like Dr. Dog, Portugal. The Man, Delta Spirit, and The Fling have shined a spotlight on. Their new track “Barracudas” comes complete with a toe-tamping beat, vocal harmonies, and a sing-along chorus of “All my friends are Barracudas.”

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The Devil Whale is rooted in Salt Lake City, a town known more for Mormonism than its music scene, but Jones sees this as a good thing. “Our friends in Seattle all feel like they have a very good chance of getting signed or getting some type of notoriety because Barsuk (Records) is there, Sub Pop (Records) is there, there’s a lot of industry presence,” says Jones. “But in a smaller town where there isn’t that presence you definitely have a sense that you have to go out and earn it. So I think that’s kind of positive for being in Salt Lake. And there is a lot of good bands so there is a lot of inspiration from our peers.”

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