VIDEO OF THE DAY: “KIN” BY 8MM

Judging by the lyrics on 8MM’s second full-length album, Between the Devil and Two Black Hearts (ChelseaGirl, September 2012), it might not be obvious that the band is led by husband Sean Beavan and wife Juliette Beavan, who actually appear to be a very happy couple. “You’re the devil and you’re killing me,” Juliette sings on the title track. “I breathe you in and you just bleed me out,” she cries on “Kin,” adding, “Every love’s a scar,” on “Around the Sun.” Formed in 2004 in California, 8MM was initially considered a trip-hop industrial group, but they have burst out of any confining mold on the new disc, from the Fleetwood Mac–esque title song and the hard-rockin’, anthemic “Kin” and “Around the Sun” to the bluesy “The Weight of You” and the country ballad “Everyone Says,” evoking such forebears as Aimee Mann, Fleetwood Mac, PJ Harvey, and Hank Williams along the way. Juliette, a Stop Staring! celebrity model, and Sean, a longtime producer of such powerhouses as Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, and Guns N’ Roses, exchange verses and harmonize together more than on their previous releases, going off in myriad directions and absolutely exploding on the hot, sexy “The One,” which ends in an orgiastic frenzy. 8MM, which also includes drummer Jon Nicholson, will be at Pianos on December 7 at 11:00 with Emily & the Complexes, Sophie et la Femme, the Henry Millers, the Middle Eight, and Wolff & Tuba.