The realse date of Laura Marling’s second album, I Speak  Because I Can is getting nearer by the the second. Unsurprisngly, I am on tenterhooks. Sure, Marling has played many of the songs from the album live already, but she has already proved that there is a noticeable difference between this and her studio work.

The video for Devil’s Spoke, the first single of the album, was recently released onto the internet and shows striking images of landscapes and fire that partner with the song perfectly.

Devil’s Spoke is a far cry from Marling’s earlier album, Alas, I Cannot Swim. The song’s bold as brass atmosphere lends itself to the thundering acculmination of guitars, drums and, most importantly, Marling’s determined and gritty vocals. The lines “Eye to Eye, Nose to Nose/Ripping off each other’s clothes in a most peculiar way” are amongst the most spine-tingling of the song. This is most certainly the beginning of Laura Marling proving to any naysayers that she is no one trick pony.

Watch the brilliant video for Devil’s Spoke below: