While Lydia’s third release is pleasant at first listen, after a few playbacks, “Devil” just becomes the same old Lydia, writing the same old songs.

The album isn’t necessarily bad — vocalist Leighton Antelman brings on his somber croon in full force, and the electronic undertones of the album make it something worthy of a long car ride.

Yet, it simply doesn’t propel Lydia into something new and different, as was its intention with the record.

While the “Devil” might not be a complete waste of space in a record collection, it does absolutely the same thing as 2008’s “Illuminate” and 2011’s “Paint It Golden.”