Seven years after releasing their sixth studio album, 2011’s 100 Lovers (Anti-), folksy Gypsy rockers Devotchka have returned with their most orchestrated and gorgeous full-length yet, This Night Falls Forever (Concord). Devotchka always have made dense, multifaceted music, but on this record, singer and multi-instrumentalist Nick Urata’s film-scoring influence is most evident (not that fellow multi-instrumentalists Tom Hagerman and Jeanie Schroder make any less impact than usual).…
Seven years after releasing their sixth studio album, 2011’s 100 Lovers (Anti-), folksy Gypsy rockers Devotchka have returned with their most orchestrated and gorgeous full-length yet, This Night Falls Forever (Concord). Devotchka always have made dense, multifaceted music, but on this record, singer and multi-instrumentalist Nick Urata’s film-scoring influence is most evident (not that fellow multi-instrumentalists Tom Hagerman and Jeanie Schroder make any less impact than usual).…