Devon Gilfillian Wants It “IRL”

Devon Gilfillian is tired of the digital life on the greasy, strutting new single “IRL,” a standout from his upcoming album Time Will Tell (out June 26th via Concord Records). A boom-bap beat undergirds an organ’s psychedelic whirr before the whole thing snaps into a funk strut, all while Gilfillian gets stuck in the conflict between leaving and staying, between indulging what his body wants and his mind needs. The song is so unmitigated it feels like you’re listening to a real-time argument he’s having with himself about his future. 

“I’m tired of watching life happen through a screen,” explains Dilfillian. “Give me the raw shit. Give me the friction. Give me the sweat.”

Time Will Tell is the album Gilfillian has been working towards his entire life. Born and raised in Philadelphia, one of America’s great soul music hubs, Gilfillian has since spent over a dozen years in Nashville. Recorded at the legendary RCA Studio A, Time Will Tell finds Gilfillian crafting a hybrid of the Philly soul he was raised on and the Nashville sounds he’s absorbed since moving there in 2013. The result is a magnetic take on country-soul, Gilfillian’s very own Nashville sound. But first, he had to wind his way through familial mortality, the heartache of a lost relationship, and ultimately take control of his musical destiny. 

Gilfillian will tour heavily in the support of Time Will Tell. He hits the road in support of guitar ace Cory Wong in April, and will hit the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival in Saint Paul, MN in July. Headline tour dates are expected to be announced soon.