Chicago’s Devon Kay & The Solutions are a power pop band from the flats of the Midwest who have just announced their new studio album, Grieving Expectation. The band both recorded and engineered the album themselves and when it came to mixing and mastering, Devon went with longtime collaborators Mike Kennerty (All American Rejects) for mixing & Telethon‘s Erik Atwell for mastering. The record is a collection of maximalist pop punk songs pulling from every genre imaginable. The record’s themes shift from previous records annoyance with death, to the realisation that there’s actually a bit of time until we reach that point so we better deal with our dreams, communication skills, hubris & a myriad of other things to fill the time! Masking nihilisti...
