Idle hands are the devil’s workshop, so Coco A Go-Go started Devil Honey.
After years of raising hell in area bands Electric Street Queens and Strega Strega, the Somerville rock veteran (real name: Coco Roy) starts her 2024 by summoning a new solo project. Devil Honey, Roy’s one-woman-show, Frankensteins the gritty variants of garage, punk, and fuzz rock that are prominent in her other endeavors, making for a dusky debut on “I Wanna Know.”
The single and music video arrived today (January 5), positioning Roy behind the camera and every instrument on the track. Though it’s worth nothing that she’s not entering this era totally alone — the “I Wanna Know” music video sports cameos from the new “Devil Honey dancers” and local drag performer Sherman, adding a layer of camp to Roy’s composition.
“It felt like a good jumping off point,” Roy says, sharing that the visual’s concept has been knocking around her brain for a while. “With the solo project I’m playing all the instruments, so there’s also a lot to learn and to get better at. I love songwriting and making videos, and I thought it would be fun to have a side project [where] I could work on at my own pace.”
Get to know Roy’s solo debut below.
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