Son Volt has released a video and new song, “Devil May Care.” The song appears on the band’s upcoming new album Union.
Reports indicate that Union will largely be a political album. But the song “Devil May Care” seems to be recounting images from a barroom band. So, like the song’s name, it seems to be one of the lighter themed songs on the album.
Son Volt’s Jay Farrar has explained that “Devil May Care” is a respite from some of the heavier themes on the album, such as another song’s take on income inequality. For “Devil May Care,” Farrar noted,
“Wait a minute, music is supposed to make you throw your burdens to the wind,’ so I tried to include that approach as well.” Check out the new song from Son Volt.
Harmonic fidelity boost;
High pass filter on a balanced line;
Or a cigarette on a headstock;
All the same, just make it rhyme.
Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers will release Son Volt’s ninth studio album Union on March 29, 2019.