Bad Flamingo have been a staple in TSMM's playlists and blog coverage in recent years. They have an enviably consistent line in swampy Americana, often with a toad licked edged that defies easy categorisation and sets them apart from most of their more straight ahead peers.
"The Devil Knows" is most definitely a Bad Flamingo tune. Cue those quivering, sweet yet worldly wise/weary (delete as applicable or choose both) vocals, that tell shadowy tales of alternative existence, well detached from 9-5 office jobs and soccer mom mundanity; the acoustic banjo gives an innocent folkloric thread to the more forceful, slightly sinister electric guitar as the brooding percussion ushers you, despite your good intentions, towards life's back streets, low lit dive bars and a cast of colourful if not downright unsavoury characters that you won't find in your local coffee shop or shopping mall.
The Devil knows, and now you do too.
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