The Deslondes return with their second album Hurry Home on 23rd June via New West Records. The 13-song set continues their studied and inventive take on New Orleans country and R&B but also represents a sonic shift with a more electrified sound. That sound isn’t always apparent, as on the languid sounding Muddy Water which bears the hallmarks of a hot New Orleans summer: a lack of air conditioning. Watch the Joshua Shoemaker directed video for above. Written by Riley Downing the song recalls the “small town kids” of his Missouri childhood, something that’s perfectly captured in the video.
Long combining elements of early Stax, Sun, and Atlantic Records with the influence of a more raw, stripped-down sound gleaned off field recordings from Alan Lomax and the Mississippi Records catalogue, the band have now incorporated psychedelic flourishes that bring to mind the sonic experimentation of Joe Meek, Lee Hazlewood and The Velvet Underground.
2. One Of These Lonesome Mornings
4. She Better Be Lonely
5. Every Well
6. Ribbon Creeks Collide
7. Hurry Home
8. Nelly
9. Hurricane Shakedown
10. Just In Love With You
11. Many Poor Boy
12. Beautiful Friend
13. Déjà Vu And A Blue Moon