The Amazing Devil is a duo made up of Joey Batey and Madeleine Hyland. They put out their first album, 'The Horror and the Wild,' in 2020. Songs like 'Drinking Song For The Socially Anxious' and 'The Old Witch Sleep And The Good Man Grace' show their taste for theatrical, story-driven folk.
Batey's work as Jaskier on Netflix's 'The Witcher' brought some attention to the project, though it also led to some chatter about whether the music was getting too commercial. They've kept releasing music anyway, with albums like 'Love Run' and 'Villainy' following in 2022.
Their songs tend to lean into darker, more gothic territory, with lyrics that feel personal and sometimes mythic. It's not really pop music, it's more like listening to a play or a ghost story set to acoustic guitar and close harmonies.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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