Austin-based band Amigo the Devil is known for pioneering the murderfolk genre with songs featuring the dark topics of dysfunctional relationships, drug abuse, and death. In anticipation for his sophomore album Born Against, which releases April 16, Afterglow conducted a photoshoot inspired by his past and present work.
“He might've been calling the numbers, but I was calling thе shots / After four in a row I jumped up and yellеd / ‘Someone should call the cops, I'm killin' it’” - “Murder at the Bingo Hall”
“His mom cried, ‘Jesus Christ!’ / As she cleaned the blood pouring out of his ears” - “Quiet as a Rat”
“So if I cut my lip when I bite the glass / Tell everyone in the room that I'm fine / It hurt for the / first few times but at last / I've learned to love a little blood in my wine” - “If I’m Crazy”
“I think it says I'll drive my car like I stole it / Drink at the bar like I own it” - “Dahmer Does Hollywood”
"I'm a goddamn mess for you to clean up, but I like it / And your dream turned into a nightmare when I crawled inside it" - “If I’m Crazy”
“A man carves two initials into maple / Hoping they will spark up all the things he wish he'd feel” - “For a Few Good Men”
“But I'll just keep trying to hide it until there's nothing left to say / In the end, I know I'm gonna die buried in another man's grave”