The Delines fourth record, came from a night in Dublin, Ireland, when singer Amy Boone asked Willy Vlautin to write a romantic tune. It’s the story of two ragged misfits: a failed criminal and a depressive house cleaner who somehow hit the lottery in meeting each other. With that song the soul of the record was found: ragged couples on the run.
Recording began at Bocce Studios with longtime collaborator John Morgan Askew. The record features Amy Boone’s lush, world worn voice, the cinematic production skills of Askew, and the horn and string arrangement ofDelines keyboardist and trumpeter, Cory Gray. This is wide screen, CinemaScope, Delines at their best.
Daily Express 5**** "Vlautin's stories lure you in and intoxicate you".
Louder Than War "beautiful vignettes...they raise country soul to an art form ".
Record Collector "Willy Vlautin’s songs intertwine with the thematic command of a Robert Altman film on The Delines’ richest album yet"
Uncut 9/10 "The Delines’ finest album to date... You’d have to reach for the likes of Bobbie Gentry’s Patchwork or Rickie Lee Jones’ Pirates to find a world so rich and intimately strange... Amy Boone’s voice is sweet and wry as a glass of Bourbon for breakfast".
