KEXP SONG OF THE DAY: THE DEVIL IN ME
“With a whiskey-worn voice that would make Tom Waits proud, the LA-via-Nashville artist Pony Boy’s ragged country captures the gutter-laden spirit of both cities… The most fascinating aspect of “The Devil In Me” isn’t its distorted stomp of a rhythm or its nebulous bass-and-organ pacing, but Bradanini’s nonchalant, alluring delivery. The characters in the song live up to the title’s implied lurking darkness, but in Bradanini’s hands, they’re detailed sketches of the less-than-glamorous, but no less colorful, scenes of Nashville after 2 a.m….“The Devil In Me” shows that Bradanini can capture and tell similar tales with a balanced mixture of disdain and sympathy with a voice that’s just as powerfully dichotomous.” Full article here