Artist: The Deslondes
Album: Hurry Home
Bitrate: 214kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: New West Records
Genre: Country
Size: 60.86 megs
PlayTime: 0h 37min 51sec total
Rip Date: 2017-12-02
Store Date: 2017-06-23
Track List:
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01. Muddy Water 3:36
02. One Of These Lonesome Mornings 2:29
03. (This Ain't A) Sad Song 3:21
04. She Better Be Lonely 3:27
05. Every Well 2:07
06. Ribbon Creek Collide 2:39
07. Hurry Home 3:15
08. Nelly 2:48
09. Hurricane Shakedown 1:52
10. Just In Love With You 2:47
11. Many Poor Boy 2:46
12. Beautiful Friend 2:58
13. Deja Vu And A Blue Moon 3:46
Release Notes:
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On Hurry Home, the 2017 sequel to their eponymous 2015 debut, the Deslondes take
things easy, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're lazy. Part of the charm
of the New Orleans quintet is their light touch, how they blend country, blues,
folk, and noir-ish rock without ever seeming like they're conscious of their
fusion. It helps that the Deslondes not only poach from several different
Americana styles, they help muddy up eras, splicing AM pop to a backwoods skip
on "(This Ain't A) Sad Song" -- a move they mirror on "Every Well," where a
Tex-Mex two-step gets drowned out by swaths of organ -- and indulging in dreamy
waltzes ("Just in Love with You," "She Better Be Lonely") that can evoke the
Everly Brothers as easily as they conjure memories of the time-bending music of
Twin Peaks. The Deslondes can kick up some dust, too -- "Hurricane Shakedown" is
a barnburner of a blues, one that benefits from producer Andrija Tokic's smeary
production -- and if the group can sound like Tom Waits as a babe in the woods
whenever the tempo slows, that's endearing too. The Deslondes don't seem
encumbered by either the expectations of genre or the weight of the past.
Instead, they spend their time on Hurry Home cherry-picking what's good,
assembling an album that feels familiar yet idiosyncratic. The coziness makes
the first spin of Hurry Home go down easy, but it's those quirks that pay off
dividends on repeated plays.