Former Turn-Ons frontman Travis DeVries releases his lushly melodic, Britpop-accented album, Death to God, under the group name deVries today on Noise on Noise Records. The record was produced and mixed by the great local studio guru Erik Blood and mastered by Kramer (ex-Butthole Surfers, ex-Bongwater, ex-Shockabilly, etc.). You can download a couple of tracks from the full-length, "Slowing Down" and "Darkest Summer." and check out more cuts here.

DeVries, who is now based in New York, currently has no plans for any live Seattle dates for deVries the band.

Press release below.

deVries is the new band of Travis DeVries, of legendary Seattle band The Turn-ons. In August 2009, Spin Magazine listed The Turn-ons in its “100 Greatest Bands You’ve (Probably) Never Heard” story. Peter Buck of R.E.M. described them as “…simply my favorite new Seattle band. If I said that their sound was a combination of the Velvets, T. Rex and Spiritualized with a dash of Yo La Tengo, it wouldn’t do them justice [Q Magazine].” Travis DeVries and The Turn-ons played sold out shows with widely known indie bands such as The Strokes, BRMC, and Interpol. They played their last show with The Jesus & Mary Chain in the spring of 2008.

deVries’ Death to God was recorded in Seattle in the fall of 2007 with the help of friends and members of The Turn-ons. It was produced and mixed by Turn-ons’ producer and member, Erik Blood (The Moondoggies, Tea Cozies, Romance) and mastered by legendary producer, Kramer (Galaxy 500, Low, Sufian Stevens). Travis moved to NYC in the summer of 2008 after the mixing of Death to God was completed. His sound hearkens to the reining days of Britpop/Madchester bands such as The Stone Roses and Suede. Travis’ lyrics touch on a wide range of range of topics from trans-gendered children (“Boys are Bores”), to global warming (“Slowing Down”), and economic upheaval (“Black Thursday Repeat”). His gift of weaving lush orchestration and intensely personal lyrics is a reminder of the days when music saved your life.

Track List
01. Intro — Death to God
02. Boys are Bores
03. Girl in the Fur-skin Rug
04. Broken Heart
05. What a Wasted Life
06. Mountain Meadows Massacre
07. Black Thursday Repeat
08. Cold London Town
09. Should to Shoulder
10. Slowing Down
11. Darkest Summer
12. Polar Shores
13. Out to Wastelands
14. Wherever You Are