Luscious artistic bohemian moodiness drapes this meloncholy album. Nate
Ashley uses
layers of percussion, choral backing voices, a variety of electronic
effects and instruments,
and puncturing lyrics to create a tasteful gothic styling. "Darling I'm Your
Devil" is an album best
heard at night, in the dark, with your beloved.
Sensual and soft, his voice whispers and rolls out lyrics about love lost,
fragile
emotions, secret desires and loneliness. The emotive lyrics use wonderful
analogies and artistic
symbolism to cut to the heart.
The opening song "Blue Like My Eyes" talks of a woman who escapes into her
desires
in order to take away the pain. Lust driven, she degenerates and loses touch
with herself.
"Lonely Lover" addresses masturbation. When you "love yourself" be as gentle
with yourself as
your would a lover. Self-sustainment need not be unpleasant. "Close Your
Eyes" is sung with an
electronic filter and dreamily meditates on what love would be like if there
was no space
between each others lives. Due to emotional strain and misunderstandings,
love is not truly
experienced as it should be, but put on hold.
Since I am a woman, his sexy voice lulled me into euphoria and his lyrics
played with
my moods and thoughts. The deep rich sounds surround and create a sensual
setting for the
darker issues to be splayed out in beautiful prose.All together, this album
is enchanting, but
slightly dreary and slow-paced. "Darling I'm your devil" makes a wonderful
album to listen to in
order to go to sleep.