
Photo by Tracy Moran
DEVI McCALLION
- I Want Things To Be Beautiful
- HL31
- Release date | 02/05/2025
Toronto based musician, vocalist and producer Devi McCallion is a key figure in contemporary avant pop. Restlessly creative, she records under her own name, as well as numerous aliases, including Girls Rituals, Triangle Giant, Mom, and Cats Millionaire.
She’s also released two superb collaborative albums with Australian artist Katie Dey. Meanwhile, along with Ada Rook, she operated as one half of the féted Black Dresses.
“The sound is moody and serrated, yet littered with irresistible hooks – made all the more appealing for having been rendered by sick machines.” – Dangerous Minds
“Nuanced, heartfelt and brutal noise-pop.” – Pitchfork
McCallion’s unique mix of savage industrial textures and dazzling pop provides the perfect environment for her commentary on the modern trans experience. In short, she’s one of the underground’s most significant, and indeed necessary voices.
With both songs mixed and mastered by Katie Dey, this new release from Heaven’s Lathe is McCallion’s vinyl debut. It proves once again that she is an artist operating completely on her own terms.