The Deslondes "Hurry Home"
The Deslondes also announced initial tour dates, beginning June 6 in Austin.
The 13-song set combines country and R&B, although the new music is said to have a more electrified sound with psychedelic flourishes.
On the upcoming release, the band split up songwriting and lead vocal duties among its five members, Sam Doores, Riley Downing, Dan Cutler, John James Tourville and Cameron Snyder.
The Deslondes met up last winter at New West Records' studio and rehearsal space in Athens and recorded everything for five days, working out new songs and arrangements. With a batch of 20 new songs, they invited their longtime producer and engineer Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Benjamin Booker) to New Orleans to begin tracking that summer,
"It's a fitting title for this album because our lives and our songwriting revolve around leaving and returning, or searching for, home," the group said in a statement. "And home can be a physical place, a relationship, or a state of mind."
Recordings from the early sessions, including "Just In Love," "Muddy Water" and "Better Be Lonely."
Over several sessions back at Tokic's Nashville studio during the fall of 2016, The Deslondes finalized the album with "Nelly" and the gospel-influenced title track.
"Hurry Home" is the follow-up to the band's 2014 eponymous debut for the label. Named after the street in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans where the band first came together, The Deslondes have toured heavily since Doores and Cutler left Hurray For The Riff Raff.
The track listing is:
1. Muddy Water
2. One Of These Lonesome Mornings
3. (This Ain't A) Sad Song
4. She Better Be Lonely
5. Every Well
6. Ribbon Creeks Collide
7. Hurry Home
8. Nelly
9. Hurricane Shakedown
10. Just In Love With You
11. Many Poor Boy
12. Beautiful Friend
13. Deja Vu And A Blue Moon
Tour dates are:
June 6 Austin, TX @ 3Ten ACL Live
June 7 San Antonio, TX @ Limelight
June 9 Tucson, AZ 191 @ Toole
June 10 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet's
June 11 San Diego, CA @ Hideout
June 13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Bootleg Theatre
June 14 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
June 16 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
June 17 Seattle, WA @ The Sunset Tavern
June 18 Vancouver, BC @ Cobalt
More news for The Deslondes
- 08/07/24: The Deslondes "Roll It Out"
- 06/12/24: The Deslondes "Roll It Out"
- 04/06/22: The Deslondes have the "Ways & Means"
- 03/22/21: The Deslondes' Downing plans solo debut
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