Australian trio featuring Tom Carlyon, Hugo Cran and Conrad Standish; released the albums The Devastations (2004), Coal (2006) and Yes, U (2007).

Reviewed work notes the band as an Australian trio. They recorded Yes, U in Berlin for Beggars Banquet (review). They supported tours by Cat Power and Tindersticks (review). The group earned praise from Rowland S. Howard and Alexander Hacke (review). Emilie Martin is noted as a violinist who dueted with the band on recordings (review).

Devastations are an Australian trio praised for dark, intimate, atmospheric music. Reviews highlight cinematic arrangements, comparisons to Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen, and strong live impact. Key albums discussed: The Devastations, Coal, Yes, U.

For:Fans of Nick Cave, Tindersticks, Leonard Cohen and listeners of melancholic, cinematic indie rock.

 “The Devastations are: the sound of a meteor cooling in the cut grass; the clash of a terrible beauty with the customary; Tom Carlyon, Hugo Cran, Conrad Standish.”

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 “Yes, U” is an instant photograph capturing the image of Leonard Cohen with the Can, passing through Bauhaus, a sonic alchemy that whispers and screams, in the night, a romantic escape with iridescent charm.

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 Burp! "All The Previous Crimes" brings tears, and indeed I cry like a castrated calf, I put myself in a corner, beer in hand, keep asking for cigarettes and dream...

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