Acclaimed US singer-songwriter Amigo the Devil (aka Danny Kiranos) has today released his third studio album, ‘Yours Until The War Is Over’, his first record to be entirely recorded, produced and engineered in-house. It has already received a swathe of accolades and drawn comparisons to the likes of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen with a set of songs that serve as cinematic vignettes threading together stories of the human condition, trauma bonding and the method of using relationships for survival, whether by addiction, doubt, death, or narcissism. All heart, with no boundaries, it is an album to be experienced from beginning to end in order to recognise the perspective it offers.
The album title is a reference to the love affair between Ernest Hemingway and his nurse Agnes von Kurowsky in the closing months of World War I, a (trauma) bond that developed after the future novelist was severely wounded in Italy just after becoming a Red Cross volunteer at the age of 18. She would sometimes end her love letters by writing ‘Yours until the war is over’, a sign-off that proved prophetic, her ultimate rejection devastating and scarring him.
“I don’t really know what to say about this album because it was such a positive and free experience surrounding the creation of it,” states Kiranos. “The idea that all we have are positive memories regarding songs that explore seemingly hopeless and regretful, often traumatic situations won’t make sense to a lot of people, but maybe that’s the whole point of the record. Although the title is a reference to the vibrant yet fragile connection between Hemingway and Nurse Agnes, it isn’t their story feeding the songs, just a road map for every scenario collected here. I can’t tell if this record was the war or the love story, but now that we’re through it, it’s not ours anymore. We’re so damn grateful to have gone through it either way.”
The release of the new album coincides with the start of extensive US touring with Flogging Molly (Feb/Mar) and Frank Turner (May/Jun), before ATD and his band return to the UK to play the 2000 Trees Festival in Cheltenham (Jul) and other TBA shows in the UK and throughout Europe.
YOURS UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER
new album
LP | CD | digital
out 23.02.24
(Liars Club/Regime Music Group)
buy | stream
includes the singles
THE MECHANIC video
CANNIBAL WITHIN video
ONCE UPON A TIME AT TEXACO Pt. 1 video
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STRAY DOG video
