The Devil and the Almighty Blues Premiere New Single “Lied To”; Spring Tour Starts This Week
Greetings my friends and have we got a treat today, for you and me both. To hear them tell it, Norway’s The Devil and the Almighty Blues won’t be releasing their next album — the awaited follow-up to 2019’s Tre (review here) for about another year. That’s the bad news. The good news is they’re starting their ‘Tour of the Seasons’ this week in Prague ahead of a corresponding Fall run through festivals in the company of countrymen spaceheads Skyjoggers. The even better news is they’re releasing a single April 22 to mark the occasion, and premiering it today here right now holy crap that’s awesome.
And if you, like me, enjoy a long single, something that can set an atmosphere, take its time, and really give you a sense of where the band are at, as opposed to a generic ‘thing is happening’ teaser — those are fun too sometimes, but it’s a more frustrating kind of fun — then the 10-minute “Lied To” will almost certainly be the thing. With an open-spaced verse and a swampy riff like Creedence Clearwater Revival protesting the Vietnam War except it’s everything, old soul and old tone and the lyrical hook of the title line put through a range of subjects — I, you, we, they, have all been lied to; true, invariably — lead into a lonelier chorus (lyrically) to remind that “No one’s there when you hit the wall,” and so on through a build fostered by a groove so slick you can only really call it a signature element of the band, because very much that’s what it is.
Subtly, “Lied To” is a build. As noted, The Devil and the Almighty Blues aren’t in any rush to get where they’re going, but that doesn’t mean the song is stagnant, just that it develops organically over its time. It’s not 10 minutes long because they have a verse and a chorus and then spend eight minutes jamming, is what I’m saying. A deceptively loose swing is a longstanding characteristic of the five-piece’s style, and it’s a vintage-heavy-era-rooted take that’s part of what lets them be a heavy blues rock band without being the chestbeating 
dudebro caricature that so, so much of blues-based anything is, and they keep it classy as the fuzz enters past the end of the chorus on the other side of the seven-minute mark to carry into the evocative breadth of the solo section and instrumental finish. It’s the payoff of the build, but even there The Devil and the Almighty Blues don’t lose the plot.
That is as it should be, both for a band who’ve been around somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 years and one who’ve established such a niche approach to genre. “Lied To” is the first of three intended singles to be issued between now and the end of the year, to be followed by the album, presumably titled some variation on the idea of ‘four’ given their past sequencing of LPs, which will be their label debut for Ripple Music.
Just a quick note about the tours before I turn you over to the song. I’ve been fortunate enough to see The Devil and the Almighty Blues a few times over the last years, most recently at the end of January at Planet Desert Rock Weekend in Las Vegas (review here), and I know that if you’re not in an area where a tour is going, it can seem like an abstract thing. What I’ll tell you is that even if neither of these tours is hitting where you are in Europe, or if you’re in Australia or the US or Japan, China, South America or Africa or Antarctica, the same applies: see this band when and if the opportunity presents itself. It’s not a thing you will regret, because the soul that’s put into their music so vividly across “Lied To” is no less resonant in-person. If you can make being there happen, you should. That’s all I want to say.
Have to figure another single will arrive to coincide with the Fall tour. I’ll keep an eye out but probably won’t be premiering it when the time comes (I’d do a series for sure, but somehow that seems like not the best route for the band do go, promotion-wise; gotta spread these things around), and I hope you’ll agree after making your way through “Lied To” that indeed the next one is something to anticipate.
Please enjoy:
The Devil and the Almighty Blues, “Lied To” single premiere
THE DEVIL AND THE ALMIGHTY BLUES – LIED TO
Lurking at the darker edges of heavy blues, The Devil And The Almighty Blues return with a new single, “Lied To”.
After years of relentless touring across Europe, the band now unveils new material. The release marks the first of three singles arriving throughout 2026, leading up to a new album set for spring 2027.
“Lied To” is released on April 22, the day before the band kicks off their upcoming European tour in Prague. This is the first leg of their “Tour Of The Seasons”, spanning both spring and autumn 2026.
It is unmistakably The Devil And The Almighty Blues, yet it also marks the beginning of a new phase. Built on a slow, driving groove, the track pairs a strong, melodic chorus with the almighty heavy foundation. With the addition of guitarist Markus Berntzen, the band brings in a fresh dynamic, pushing and stretching their heavy blues foundation into new territory.
EUROPE 2026 – “TOUR OF THE SEASONS”
23.04 – Prague, CZ – Sub Zero
24.04 – Berlin, DE – Neue Zukunft
25.04 – Copenhagen, DK – Spillestedet Stengade
26.04 – Aalborg, DK – 1000Fryd (w/ Bogwife)
27.04 – Hamburg, DE – Knust
28.04 – Wuppertal, DE – Live Club Barmen
29.04 – Münster, DE – Rare Guitar Bar
30.04 – Eindhoven, NL – Effenaar
01.05 – Deventer, NL – Burgerweeshuis (w/ Shalalees)
02.05 – Izegem, BE – De Leest (Headbanger’s Ball Fest)
03.05 – Aachen, DE – Musikbunker
04.05 – Neunkirchen, DE – Stummsche Reithalle
05.05 – Stuttgart, DE – Goldmark’s
06.05 – Wiesbaden, DE – Schlachthof (w/ The Delayed)
07.05 – Jena, DE – KuBa (w/ Jara)
08.05 – Dresden, DE – Beatpol
09.05 – Siegen, DE – Vortex Surfer Musikclub
26.09 – Leeuwarden, NL – Into The Void Festival
01.10 – Paris, FR – Backstage by The Mill (w/ Skyjoggers)
02.10 – Lille, FR – La Bulle Café (w/ Skyjoggers)
03.10 – Karlsruhe, DE – Alter Schlachthof (PsyKA Festival Vol. 6)
04.10 – Pratteln, CH – Z7 (Up In Smoke Festival)
05.10 – Cologne, DE – Club Volta (w/ Skyjoggers)
06.10 – Bielefeld, DE – Forum (w/ Skyjoggers)
07.10 – Hannover, DE – Café Glocksee (w/ Skyjoggers)
08.10 – Leipzig, DE – Hellraiser (w/ Skyjoggers)
09.10 – Erlangen, DE – E-Werk (w/ Skyjoggers)
10.10 – Munich, DE – Backstage (Keep It Low Festival)
– Booking by Sound Of Liberation
Following this first single, future releases will be issued through Ripple Music, purveyors of psych, doom, stoner and heavy rock. The band is proud to join the Ripple family, and excited for what this new chapter will bring.
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