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NY Punk/Garage Rockers St. Divine release a molotov cocktail of dissent, sensuality, melodic menace on debut album “The Devil You Know”

By Kath Galasso on June 15, 2026

St. Divine, New York-based purveryors of non-conformist garage rock, punk and Americana, conjure a molotov cocktail of dissent, sensuality and melodic menace on debut full-length album “The Devil You Know”, out June 12th via Reel to Reel Records. The music exudes snarl, feist and bad romance; equal parts whiskey-soaked nights, cool death rattle and carpe diem impulsiveness. Untethered rawness and authenticity are paramount in this scrappy collection that feels very much like a direct transmission of pure, uncut rock n’ roll. With inner heft and a bold sense of fearlessness that lets go of the wheel completely, this album wears it’s bloody punk heart with pride. Upon pressing play, “The Devil You Know” immediately exudes an alluring sense of brazen scrappiness, bad decisions, danger and morbidly good fun.

The album is a snapshot of a powerful “his, hers, and ours” songwriting collaboration between Will Croxton and Judy Ann Nock, who inject a punk/garage rawness into an expanding Americana sensibility. The results create both deeply personal and political, darkly romantic themes.

The band has been compared to PJ Harvey & Nick Cave, Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra (Jim Derogatis, Sound Opinions), and the Kills (Eduard Banulescu, ALT 77). Formed in 2024, St. Divine released their debut EP, “you can’t go forward and you can’t go back”, to wide acclaim in May 2025.

Recently, the band played the Hideout in Chicago alongside The Handcuffs (Pravda Records) featuring Brad Elvis of the Elvis Brothers and the Romantics. Previously, they were featured in Somerville MA with Girl With a Hawk (Rum Bar Records), and most recently in New York City with The Cynz (Jem Records).

Since their inception in 2024, St. Divine has gained popularity and exposure with over 350 independent and college radio spins on stations across the world, most notably on the NPR syndicated show Sound Opinions featuring Jim Derogatis and Greg Kot, WFMU and the SiriusXM channel Little Steven Van Zandt’s Underground Garage.

The single and title track, The Devil That You Know, is a darkly romantic duet detailing anguish, love, regret, and grief. The song was written by Judy Ann Nock and is a melodic interpretation of events that occurred almost five years ago when Judy Ann’s husband took his life. Intensely sad, the chorus wails “Let me, let me lie in the bed I made, …let me lie in an early grave,” which describes the intense guilt that suicide survivors often feel.

Says Judy Ann, “My husband David suffered from the mother of all mental illnesses; schizophrenia, paranoid type. One of his symptoms was aural hallucinations and I wanted to try to understand how that might have felt for him, with many voices firing off all at once.”

Following the diss track 30 Dolls which enjoyed a limited release (Bandcamp only) and garnered plenty of attention (Jim Testa’s Constant Listener Song of the Week), and the wildly popular SPIT (favorably reviewed in The Big Takeover, Vents, Nashville Music Guide, Hella Fuzz, among others) the new release is exactly what this band is known for, which includes being admired by people who don’t even like them. This song hits very hard from a dark place that seeks to balance sorrow with melody, catharsis, and expression.

“This album came straight from authentic New York subculture. It conjures the energy of fast cars and dive bars, heartbreak, with a hint of hope for our tangled times.”

Listen or purchase on Bandcamp.

Stream “The Devil You Know” on Spotify.

Watch the official music video for “Swallow”.
Watch the official music video for “Spit”.

Musician Names/Instruments: Judy Ann Nock vox guitar Will Croxton, vox guitar, Mike Ratti, drums Jesse Barnes, bass Phil Y, lead guitar
Producer Name(s): Will Croxton

Tracklist:

Side A
Spit
The Devil That You Know
We Went Walking
Wedding Ring
Water/Wine
30 Dolls

Side B:
Waltz
Diamond in the Rough
Divine
Took Our Love Down
Heat Lightning

Websites:

Official Website:www.stdivineband.com
Facebook:facebook.com/stdivineband
Instagram:@stdivine_official
Spotify: St. Divine
Bandcamp:https://stdivine.bandcamp.com/
Youtube Channel:@stdivine_official

St. Divine Full Bio

St. Divine is a critically acclaimed NYC based punk/Americana five piece band fronted by Will Croxton and Judy Ann Nock. Featuring duets, obscure covers (60s garage/honky tonk to 80s sleaze), and majestic rock, St. Divine has deep roots in the humid south, but is firmly planted in the blacktopped urban wilds. Formed in 2024 by vocalist/guitarist Will Croxton and Judy Ann Nock, after performing together with punk legend Ivan Julian, the band quickly gained traction on WFMU, The Underground Garage, and college radio across the U.S., including WMFO, KDVS, and WZBC, surpassing 350 radio plays across the world by 2026. Their debut EP was cited on Jack Rabid’s Best of 2025, their single Swallow was one of Sound Opinions’ Buried Treasures/Hot Picks for Summer (2025) and their recent release, SPIT (Jan 2026) was named Constant Listener Song of the Week by Jim Testa.

Together with drummer Michael Ratti (The Nails, Hot Hero Sandwich, Rex Smith), bassist Jesse Barnes (Oakley Hall) and guitarist Philip Yanos (Driver X, Modern Beast, The Side Effect), St. Divine has been described as “a blend of sass and subversiveness, melody and muscle, incendiary noise and infectious groove” (Dave Franklin, The Big Takeover, May 2025) and “dark, undulating, pounding, desperately yearning and searching – taps into the primal roots of punk…(Jim Testa, Punk Rock Scouting, Off Shelf, May 7, 2025) and a “riotous power punk sound” (Jim Derogatis, SOUND OPINIONS, July 2025). Expect loud guitars, Americana, and sinister sweetness.