Delines The Imperial CD

2019 release from the Portland, OR-based band. In 2014, the Delines released their debut LP, toured Europe, UK and Australia and were heading towards album #2. Singer Amy Boone was hit by a car and endured nine surgeries over three years before becoming strong enough to record again. Former Richmond Fontaine leader, Willy Vlautin had songs waiting-less Americana and more country soul. As Q wrote, 'Vlautin is in majestic storytelling formconjuring more depth in a couple of verses than most writers in 300 pages.' The Imperial melds his songs with Boone's voice and a crack band with horns for a result that is a grand step forward from the first album replete with emotional songs of worlds both romantic and lonely, desperate and hopeful. The effort is stunning.

1. Cheer Up Charley 2. The Imperial 3. Where Are You Sonny? 4. Let's Be Us Again 5. Roll Back My Life 6. Eddie and Polly 7. Holly the Hustle 8. That Haunted Old Place 9. He Don't Burn for Me 10. Waiting on the Blue