Photos of Delta Spirit at 2015 Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL
Photos of Delta Spirit at 2013 BottleRock Festival in Napa, CA
Photos of Delta Spirit at 2013 Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, GA
Photos of Delta Spirit at SXSW 2013 in Austin, TX
Photos of Delta Spirit at Irving Plaza in New York, NY on November 27th, 2012
Photos of Delta Spirit at Bogart’s in Cincinnati, OH on November 16th, 2012
Photos of Delta Spirit at ‘Seaport Six’ at Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, MA on June 14th, 2012
Photos of Delta Spirit at SXSW 2012 in Austin, TX
Photos of Delta Spirit at Webster Hall in New York, NY on November 23rd, 2010
On their 2012 self-titled fourth record (QRO review), Delta Spirit made a serious name for themselves in recorded output, to go with their raucous live shows. Could they live up to being one of the best young alt-country bands out there today with follow-up Into the Wide? Yes, they could & did.
Into the Wide is largely a more world-wise & world-weary record, from opener “Push It” to slow, sad goodbye “The Wreck” – the album’s title track provides an earlier slow goodbye right in its middle, plus there’s a glowing goodbye in “Patriarch”. Second & third songs “From Now On” and “Live On” provide a driving and powerful one-two, but this more a goodbye than a hello. And most of all, it is a moving collection of songs.
And that is what you were expecting/hoping from a new Delta Spirit record. Maybe it couldn’t be quite as impactful as Delta Spirit, if only because you had higher expectations, but consider them filled.
