DYLAN MARLOWE - Devil On My Shoulder - Sony Music Nashville

Following the charting success of “Boys Back Home” and his latest teaser “Bat Outta Hell (With a Boat on the Back),” hot country riser Dylan Marlowe now returns with the very highly anticipated, “Devil On My Shoulder.”

Having been teasing its impending release on socials for the past few weeks, the song co-written by Marlowe, Beau Bailey, Rocky Block & Kyle Fishman instantly created a buzz with his ever-growing fanbase which resulted in a deafening ovation when he made the official announcement that it would be his next single.

The moodiness of the instrumental drip throughout the underlay of the song masterfully encompasses the aura of the emotionally charged lyrics as Marlowe delivers his broken heartedness within a precise balance that vocally runs the edges of naturally clean rasp to that between space of softly spoken and frustration overflow.

Running down a list of all the right things that he’s been doing to try and get over her and move on from his fractured heart while keeping the looming, nagging devil from chirping in his ear, Dylan tallies in the opening verse that he’s gone to church, poured himself into work, didn’t have any late nights, etc.

In a moment passing of weakness that saw him succumbing to the insistence of the devil’s whisper, his downward spiral into a lonelier descent sped up through the devil’s tug on the broken pieces of his heart. However, Dylan confessionally cries out in the chorus that not even the devil, try as he might, can find a way to get her off his mind and out of his heart:

“So, I drove my truck out of gas, I drank the bar out of beer

Emptied my pocket of cash, tryna make you disappear

I found a new pair of blues, thought they'd put you in the past

Everything he told me to do, girl, it ain't doing jack

God made a hell of an angel when he made you

Even the devil on my shoulder don't know what to do

Hell of an angel, hell of an angel”

Torturing himself through the second verse while reminiscing on her different attributes that are playing a substantial role in his why factor for not being able to let go, Marlowe admits that if she were anyone else he could forget, but the way she smiled, kissed, said his name, and pulled him close has kept him stuck in the shattered state of what is versus what was.  

With a core signature sound that blends influence of modern country, rock edge, and pop sensibilities, Dylan Marlowe has fast-tracked his path to being the next generation star of country music on the morals of authenticity in his music, dynamic live shows, and crisp songwriting capabilities. With this song, as well as his recent releases, he continues to lay the path to his debut album, Mid-Twenties Crisis (due out Sept. 27, 2024), with a solid foundation to stand on as the anticipation for what’s still to come grows more and more with each next note.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)