FEBRUARY welcomes the return of Portland’s The Delines, the country-soul ensemble steered by novelist/ex-Richmond Fontaine chief Willy Vlautin and lead singer Amy Boone. Third album The Sea Drift DÉCOR is a collection of “songs and stories found drifting up and down the Gulf Coast”. Centred around string and horn arrangements, Vlautin’s narrative-driven songs depict characters in various states of desperation and flux, largely inspired by the work of Tony Joe White. Vlautin says that he and Boone “used to have conversations about his records and she’d always joke: ‘Just write me “Rainy Night In Georgia”.’ Jesus, what a tall order, but I guess in my own way I started trying.”
The Delines