Though they’ve been active since 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana’s The Deslondes (previously called The Tumbleweeds) really came into their own on their brilliant self-titled album in 2015. Using genres like folk, bluegrass, R&B, and country among others to their advantage, the quintet all shares songwriting duties to produce a vast and encompassing sound with several singers on this stunning sophomore LP. <\/p>\n
First up in this listen of varying styles, opening tune \u201cMuddy Waters\u201d is a sparse acoustic plucker where keys and group vocals join in for a subtle psych-rock meets Americana experience. \u201cOne Of These Lonesome Mornings\u201d follows and picks up the pace into a country-influenced barnyard stomper, which is then complemented by the retro-rock feelings of the darker \u201c(This Ain’t A) Sad Song.\u201d The middle of the album offers us the oldies and soulful influenced \u201cShe Better Be Lonely,\u201d the upbeat, marching, carnival feel of \u201cEvery Well,\u201d and album highlight, the dark Americana of \u201cRibbon Creeks Collide.\u201d<\/p>\n
The second half of the album remains consistently warm and sincere; title track \u201cHurry Home\u201d brings in piano and a laidback lounge atmosphere, followed by its organ counterpart, \u201cNelly.\u201d \u201cHurricane Shakedown\u201d is one of the most uproarious moments here, with a soulful vintage feel that sounds it could have been played by Marty McFly at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance. Next up is the quietest offering here, the soft percussion and romantic waltz of \u201cJust In Love With You.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was certainly nothing rushed on this second album, and the songs themselves generally move at a calming, almost therapeutic pace. Bringing to mind legends like Tom Waits, Crooked Fingers, and The Everly Brothers, The Deslondes spreads their wings into very embraceable directions here, producing an installment that’s as rich as the musical history of their hometown. Hurry Home <\/i>is a nearly brilliant effort here from a band that gets better each time they return. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10110],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-45184","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-deslondes","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45184"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}