Redemption and Ruin

Since coming together in 2002, the Devil Makes Three has proven to be fine purveyors of apocalyptic Americana. They return with a concept album of covers titled 'Redemption and Ruin'. The concept of the album is like two sides of a vinyl record. The 'Ruin' side is songs that are some traditional old blues songs - songs about drinking, drugs and screwing your life up. The other side is gospel tunes. So, it starts off with Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters - some deeply depressing blues songs. High energy, but just dark subject matter.