Indianapolis folk duo Lily & Madeleine had their song In The Middle go viral on YouTube last year, resulting in their signing to Asthmatic Kitty.  The duo has now announced the release of their self-titled debut album on October 29th via Asthmatic Kitty.  The first track to be released is Devil We Know, and it has mesmerized us.  In the songs’ lyrics we hear wisdom that belies their age, and their vocals coalesce perfectly (as you would expect from sisters).  As has been said about the subjects of their songs and the new album:  ““These songs are an expression of youth as all Romantic poetry knows it to be: a repository of yearning and wisdom that will eventually have to do battle with the world in order to retain its luster.”

Check Devil We Know out immediately below (the song’s lyrics are at very bottom).  After, watch the artists’ recent appearance on CBS This Morning and their performance of Come to Me, also off the new album.  And at bottom is the new official video for Come To Me.

Devil We Know:

“April, I can hear your anger a marching
Here it comes again
And the flowers will forgive your rage and your barking
Here it comes again

The grass is dying, and the water comes to revive it
Here it comes again
The great whisper across the plains gives to thunder
Here it comes again

There’s a tree line somewhere nobody knows
We’ve been pining and now we’re soaked to the bone
We’ve been pining and now we want to go home
It’s the devil we know

Lower the curtain, let the rain come down like a spirit
Let it hit the ground
Come the memory, come the shivering cold, let the rain fall
It’s the devil we know
It’s the devil we know
It’s the devil we know”