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Lee Hammond discovers dark tales with glimmers of hope in new album
El Cortez Records
Released: 14.02.25
This is a wild collection of songs; very much The Delines in tone but with a distinct spin on the lyrics. Grifters, felons and addicts permeate through a delicate musical fabric. These often-dark tales possess a modicum of hope but are far from traditional love songs.
Nancy and The Pensacola Pimp swaggers through the story of an off-the-wall pimp who drives for hours and never stops talking; Don’t Miss Your Bus Lorraine and Don’t Go Into That House are particularly sombre tracks about a convicted felon unable to make her way. It’s a dark soulful record, punctuated with horns. Excluding fleeting glimmers of light on tracks like Her Ponyboy, The Delines have nailed country-soul misery with this record.
