
New recordings
Half Ball Pit Half Blood Bath
Single, variations, & remixes to be released Spring 2024
Vocals, modular synth, guitar, taishogoto by DJF
Backing vocals by Cassandra Hayes
Written, performed, recorded, and mixed
by Fry at his home in Denver, CO.
Remixes by
ALX-106
Atonal Stimulant
Golden Death Honey Pony Boy
MNMDMDMN
Otem Rellik
Plack Blague
Live at the Mohawk in Austin
July 6 2024

Video: BLACK RAINBOW ft. Chris Conde
RETRELLION INSTRUMENTALS
INTERVIEWS
PRESS

Out there with his weirdness in the best possible way."
Global Dance Electronic

"A wandering soul unafraid of the dark."
KUTX 98.9 (Austin, Texas)

"Somewhere between a horror film and an Americana answer to a young Nick Cave."
Los Angeles Times, 2008

"A musical shape-shifter ...
has moved from
a lighter sound
to something
more psychedelic,
something heavier."
WBEZ Chicago

Like Leonard Cohen on a DMT vision quest."
The Austin Chronicle

"Delivers a bitches brew of sound ... Fry's deep tenor imbues lyrics with ominous flavors, giving an eerie, radioactive flow."
Tattoo.com

"Far from the typical artist ... really, really, taking it there with his creations.
Breaking And Entering

"Multi instrumentalist & musical shaman."
OVRLD
Retrellion released April 2023
Retrellion is a departure from Devin James Fry's previous sound, which typically featured him fingerpicking a guitar, either alone or in the context of Name Sayers, the adventurous rock band he fronts from time to time. The new solo album, which was written, performed, produced, recorded, and mixed by Fry, features punchy, hip hop-influenced songs, otherworldly synths, and glitchy electronics.
Early reviews have noted the shift. "Is this post-punk hip hop? We hope so," wrote reviewer Layla Merino of yourEDM.com, noting that with Retrellion, "Fry might even be creating new genres."
Some songs, like lead single Black Rainbow, feature collaborations with rappers like Brooklyn's Chris Conde and Denver-based rapper and modular synth designer Otem Rellik, while others are solo explorations. All were created on a modular synth bank bolstered by noisemakers like The Jitter Getter, an analog horror SFX generator Fry designed and built.
One song, Ash Ode Variation, is an adaptation of the poem "Ash Ode" by Fry's friend and hero, poet Dean Young. Fry enlisted the help of another of his mentors, Chicago flutist Lloyd Brodnax King, to create the song and sent it to Young, who replied to say that he was looking forward to listening. Unbeknownst to Fry, Young lay on his deathbed at the time, and the message of intent to listen was the last he ever heard from the poet. Retrellion is dedicated to the memory of Dean Young.
The merchandise is offbeat and finely crafted, and includes a 180-gram LP, coloring books, incense, lathecut vinyl singles, soap, and matchbooks.

Devin James Fry is a musician and producer in Denver, CO. He is vocalist and songwriter for the art rock band Name Sayers, and formerly led the psychedelic Americana outfit Salesman.
Fry is also owner and operator of The Sharpist, a surgical sharpening firm specializing in B/HRT and OB/GYN surgical instruments.
A synth-heavy solo album titled RETRELLION was released in April 2023.
Previously, in 2020, several years of collaboration with Palestinian oud master Sari Andoni yielded RADICANS, a mingling of Arab and American psychedelic and folk music influences.
New single "Half Ball Pit Half Bloodbath" will be released in October 2024.

