This week's Makin' Tracks column features Tyler Braden's 'Devil You Know'
single with strong, early-2000s rock overtones. The sound is dangerous, and so is the message to any listener who might test the singer’s limits: “Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness.”
Martinez layered the sound with a repetitive, three-note pattern on acoustic guitar that became an identifiable part of the intro. That hook never quite resolves, adding to the tension. Barham started singing a melody that would become the chorus, though they still didn’t have any words or message. They wrote the bulk of the chorus first, promising the listener that “there’s a hell on the other side” if the good guy gets crossed. With a couple lines unfinished in the middle of that chorus, they turned to the opening verse, creating a plot in which the singer owns his quiet-hero image. But when it broke into a melodically ascendant pre-chorus, the attitude changed with the melody – it’s where they introduced the “don’t mistake my kindness for weakness” line.
Martinez produced the demo with Barham singing lead and Hall handling the bulk of the harmonies. As they finished the preliminary work at Warner Chappell, they collectively agreed that it needed a post-chorus. They settled on a haunting, rising melody, all of them singing in unison. When Martinez finished the demo later, Barham suggested using that section in the intro, too, underscoring the song’s darkness.
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