Once again weaving together country ditties, rock-tinged rompers and biker-bar riffs, with The Devil I Know, Ashley McBryde has plotted out an all-encompassing journey.

The record features arena-sized regrets, a couple of classic country odes and a few bouts of bold and visceral vulnerability, most notably on the soberingly autobiographical ‘Learned to Lie'.

Along the way, McBryde shares plenty of lessons learned through ‘Coldest Beer in Town’, ‘6th of October’ and the evocative ‘Light On in the Kitchen’, serving almost like a roadmap to avoid some of life’s detours, or at the least, showing us how to enjoy the view. The latter in particular feels like the warmest hug in modern country music, signaling just how much McBryde has grown as an artist in these last seven years.

McBryde opens the album by explaining that you have to be ‘Made For This’. In just under 40 minutes, she yet again proves that she is.

7.5/10

The Devil I Know is out now via Warner Music Nashville. For more on Ashley McBryde, see below: