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The Deslondes have the "Ways & Means"

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 – The Deslondes return with "Ways & Means" on July 8 on New West Records. P>The 14-song set is the New Orleans band's first album in five years and follows 2017's "Hurry Home." "Ways & Means" was produced by The Deslondes and their longtime collaborator Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes) and was recorded at The Bombshelter in Nashville.

The album features Margo Price on the title track, as well as Twain and the multi-instrumentalist Billy Contreras on multiple songs. Combining elements of early Stax, Sun and Atlantic Records with the influence of field recordings from Alan Lomax and the Mississippi Records catalog, the band also incorporate psychedelic sounds.

The Deslondes remain Dan Cutler, Sam Doores, Riley Downing, Cameron Snyder and John James Tourville.

Following the band's hiatus in late 2018, Doores and Downing each released their debut solo albums.

The first single off he new set is "South Dakota Wild Ones." Downing said, "It's a nostalgic song about getting into music, traveling, and running into the special people who were around then, but aren't around now.

The Deslondes have also announced their initial tour dates in support of Ways & Means, launching July 13 in Athens, Ga.

"The album title reminds me of being young, getting into the music business, going through everything and coming out of it," Downing said. "We're taking a look right, left, and back at ourselves."

Tourville said, "We were letting go of a bunch of old dynamics that left us burnt out. We're focused on being productive and on the other side."

The track list is:
1. Good to Go
2. Five Year Plan
3. Ways & Means
4. South Dakota Wild One
5. Consider Me
6. Howl at the Moon
7. Home Again
8. Wild Eden
9. Standing Still
10. Dunes
11. Tomorrow Morning
12. Bound by Love
13. Sweet Release
14. Hero

Tour dates are:
July 13 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt
July 14 - Nashville, TN - Basement East
July 16 - Decatur, GA - Eddie's Attic
July 17 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
July 19 - Baltimore, MD - The Metro Gallery
July 20 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
July 21 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
July 30 - North Hillsdale, NY - Oldtone Roots Fest
Sept. 24 - Cincinnati, OH - Whispering Beard
Sept. 25 - Seymour, IN - The Greenhouse
Sept. 27- Davenport IA - Racoon Motel
Sept. 28 - Spring Green, WI - Shitty Barn
Sept. 29 - Chicago, IL - The Hideout
Sept. 30 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
Oct. 1 - St Paul MN - Turf Club
Oct. 2 - Des Moines IA - xBk
Oct. 4 - Columbia MO - Rose Music Hall
Oct. 5 - KC, MO - Knuckleheads
Oct. 6 - St Louis, MO - Off Broadway
Oct. 7 - Memphis, TN - Hernando's Hideaway


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CD review - Hurry Home On their eponymous 2015 debut album, The Deslondes cooked up an original musical gumbo befitting their New Orleans base, a steaming stewpot filled to the rim with flecks of country, folk, roots rock, Tex-Mex, Stax/Sun soul and, of course, all the sounds and passions elicited by the Crescent City. For their sophomore album, "Hurry Home," the Nawlins quartet - vocalist/guitarists Sam Doores and Riley Downing, vocalist/stand-up bassist Dan Cutler, vocalist/percussionist Cameron Snyder and ...
CD review - The Deslondes It's not hard to draw a laser straight line between The Deslondes' New Orleans home base and the quintet's twangy, tangy R&B/Soul gumbo on their eponymous debut. Just press play and marvel at the loping authenticity of the opening track and first single (how very Motown), the Fats Domino-flavored "Fought the Blues and Won." But subsequent listens reveal that The Deslondes aren't content to rely solely on the Crescent City's spice rack for their sonic stew; ...


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