Delta Rae - Third Album (2017; Valory Records)

[Kurt]

Following debut album Carry The Fire, Delta Rae begins their second album era with the Chasing Twisters EP to be released on November 19. It includes the Lindsey Buckingham-featuring version of "If I Loved You" and a new version of "Dance In The Graveyards," as well as three new tracks, "Chasing Twisters," "Run," and "I Will Never Die."



Listen to "Chasing Twisters" on Rolling Stone.
Listen to "Dance In The Graveyards" on USA Today.

Pre-order: store.warnermusic.com/chasing-twisters-digital-ep.html

[George]

Thanks! I didn't realize there wasn't a thread for their excellent "Carry the Fire" album! Pretty excited for this, as I've been listening to their debut non-stop for the past month. I wish I could've caught them on tour!

[Kurt]

Nov 11, 2013 14:02:31 GMT -5 George said:

Thanks! I didn't realize there wasn't a thread for their excellent "Carry the Fire" album! Pretty excited for this, as I've been listening to their debut non-stop for the past month. I wish I could've caught them on tour!

They played a really small show here at MSU in April. Sooo good.

[Kurt]

Full EP stream!

[Kurt]

New music is coming soon...

www.facebook.com/deltarae/photos/a.427654442514.225847.135986092514/10152727757757515/?type=1



ETA: Oh, that announcement was quick! After It All, April 7.
www.facebook.com/deltarae/photos/a.10150656733442515.393326.135986092514/10152727795342515/?type=1&theater


ETA again: omg omg teaser vid

[George]

Can't wait!

[Kurt]

Nothing new over here yet except for a few confirmed tracks, thanks to this tweet from Cities97 DJ Paul Fletcher:


Confirmed tracks:
"Scared"
"Outlaws"
"Bethlehem Steel"
"My Whole Life Long"
"Chasing Twisters"
"Run"
"I Will Never Die"
"The Dream" (the one in the teaser video)
"After It All"

The three from the Chasing Twisters EP have apparently been reworked.

[Kurt]

Some album info from the bio on WBR's press site:

The landscape of America is sprawling and vast, reflecting a storied past and a looming sense of possibility for the future. That topography and what it can represent is the basis for Delta Rae’s second album, After It All, a collection of songs that looks to the folklore and romance of the American frontier as a means of understanding our angst about what is yet to come. It began as a concept album, a story of young lovers who fall on hard times during the recent recession, but throughout the writing and recording process it became clear that Delta Rae’s music had to tell stories as the band was personally experiencing them.

...

“Bethlehem Steel,” a thumping, rollicking folk rocker, evokes the abandoned factories and former industry of Pennsylvania, a visual representation of the dying middle class. “It’s about the place we are right now as a country and the spoiled potential that could affect young people if we’re not careful and if we don’t claim the future and what we want our country to be,” Ian says. “It’s about feeling frustrated and feeling scared, but also hopeful and interested in what we want.”

The album as a whole balances these two feelings, the magic of our past and the uncertainty of our future. It opens with the line “Am I always on the edge of quitting?” which asks the listener to participate in the world around them. “That’s a really honest lyric for our band,” Ian explains. “That lyric is really true for us. I feel like that is a theme running through the American psyche right now. We have to constantly choose to re-engage. There’s a lot of discontent throughout the album that is reflected in our country.”

The idea of facing and defying death runs throughout the songs, notably on “Outlaws,” “Scared” and “I Will Never Die.” It culminates with melancholy closer “After It All,” a dulcet, soaring ballad that explores life after death. These themes thread throughout the album as a whole, connecting the songs as the music itself diverges into various styles and genres. The musicians, who implemented a “real instruments only” policy on their debut, loosened their grip on this effort, drawing on inspirations that ranges from the hip-hop of Kanye West and Jay-Z to the Americana rock of Tom Petty and The Eagles. Unlike the first album, these songs were created over the span of a year and a half, beginning in Los Angeles with Rob Cavallo in late 2013, continuing in Raleigh in the spring of 2014 and concluding with Peter Katis in Bridgeport, CT last fall. After It All is comprised of 13 tracks culled from the 25-plus the musicians came up with over these sessions.

[Kurt]

oh look


"Scared" and the three EP tracks are out next week; "Cold Day In Heaven" on the 24th. via (That also shows that the Chasing Twisters EP will be pulled, with three tracks on After It All and the other two, "If I Loved You" featuring Lindsey Buckingham and the alternate version of "Dance In The Graveyards," released as a two-track single; plus a standalone single release of "Bottom Of The River," which makes me wonder if they'll pull Carry The Fire in the UK.)

[Kurt]

Another track title: "Dead End Road."


ETA: Tracklist!


1. Anthem
2. Run
3. Outlaws
4. The Dream
5. Scared
6. Chasing Twisters
7. Bethlehem Steel
8. Dead End Road
9. You're The One For Me
10. Cold Day In Heaven
11. I Will Never Die
12. The Meaning Of It All
13. My Whole Life Long
14. After It All

ETA 2: UK pre-order is live, showing "Bethlehem Steel" will be another instant-grat later. They also have a different tracklist:
1. Anthem
2. Run
3. Outlaws
4. The Dream
5. Scared
6. Bottom Of The River - sounds to me like the original Carry The Fire recording
7. Chasing Twisters
8. Bethlehem Steel
Dead End Road
9. You're The One For Me
10. Cold Day In Heaven
11. I Will Never Die
12. The Meaning Of It All
13. My Whole Life Long
14. After It All
15. Any Better Than This - looks to be an Amazon exclusive
16. If I Loved You (feat. Lindsey Buckingham)
17. Dance In The Graveyards (Alternate Version)

[seanzy]

The new Run sounds incredible. I got chills. Can't wait to hear the whole thing.

[Deleted]

I prefer the original tracks overdid the new reworked ones. I think they really lost the energy that Run and Twisters used to have...

Scared is so much fun, I really love it. Excited to finally get a studio version of Cold Day In HeAven--I've known about this song for a year. And also Bethlehem Steel.

Either of you two live in the UK and would be able to send me Any Better Than This when it is out? :/

[seanzy]

So we should be getting Cold Day In Heaven tonight at midnight right?

[Deleted]

gonna post this here

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LOA04fF6o08

[seanzy]

Feb 23, 2015 13:12:36 GMT -5 @ahauntingnearu said:

gonna post this here

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LOA04fF6o08

Yassss. This has been one of my favs for a while. So glad to finally get a recording of it!

[George]

Hope they announce some West Coast tour dates soon!

[seanzy]

Loving their Tarquin Studio Session videos.

[Kurt]

"Bethlehem Steel" is the next instant-grat track, out Tuesday (according to an upcoming releases schedule posted here).

[seanzy]

Bethlehem Steel is up on this site. Sounds great! us.7digital.com/artist/delta-rae/release/bethlehem-steel/?origin=34

[Kurt]

Eric shared this on Facebook about "Bethlehem Steel:"

My brother and I wrote this after playing a show in Bethlehem, PA and seeing the giant steel stacks still there, no longer in use and ghost-like. They tower over the skyline memorializing the end of the manufacturing industry that built America. Our dad used to tell us stories about working summers in the Bethlehem Steel Mills in Baltimore, MD, and how tough and rugged the workers there were. After the financial crisis in 2008 I often think about what we're building our country on now and if it's as strong as Bethlehem Steel.
"We want gold 'cause there's no more steel left in Bethlehem."

[Deleted]

it looks like the track "Any Better Than This" that we had previously thought would be an UK exclusive release is no longer being released, as it no longer appears on Amazon UK :/

why would they pull it? i'm also disappointed that "Anthem" and "The Dream" are just clips and not full songs.

[Kurt]

Album stream via TIME this week! time.com/3760600/delta-rae-after-it-all-album-stream

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Mar 31, 2015 12:33:25 GMT -5 Kurt said:

Album stream via TIME this week! time.com/3760600/delta-rae-after-it-all-album-stream

 love it.

when you'd previously posted about the amazon exclusive, "Any Better Than This," you saw that track title on amazon uk? and now it's not there?

just double checking

[Kurt]

Mar 31, 2015 13:33:14 GMT -5 @ahauntingnearu said:

Mar 31, 2015 12:33:25 GMT -5 Kurt said:

Album stream via TIME this week! time.com/3760600/delta-rae-after-it-all-album-stream

 love it.

when you'd previously posted about the amazon exclusive, "Any Better Than This," you saw that track title on amazon uk? and now it's not there?

just double checking

Right - I don't see it anywhere except for this review, in which she mentions "My Whole Life Long" but doesn't have it in the tracklist, but includes "Any Better Than This," so I wonder if it was cut from the tracklist but sent to reviewers or something. Maybe it'll be a b-side down the road. (ETA: Searching on last.fm reveals someone who listened to the album with "Dead End Road (bonus)" as track 14 and "Any Better Than This (bonus)" as track 15, which would support that theory.)

lol welp I just realized the UK doesn't get "Dead End Road," which is my early favorite from the album. Glad I get it, at least! haha

ETA: Interview with FBi's covers program Tune Up in Sydney, Australia - interview starts around 28:30 and includes covers of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" and Sia's "Chandelier." link

[George]

Almost done listening to the whole album. I love it. Not as instant as their debut, but I love the growth and direction they went with this.

[cufan7]

Just got tickets to see them at the beginning of May on a whim. How are their live shows?

[Kurt]

Apr 8, 2015 21:44:40 GMT -5 cufan7 said:

Just got tickets to see them at the beginning of May on a whim. How re there live shows?

Considering I've been to I think six concerts in my life, I'm probably not the best person to answer this, but since they're one of the six (they performed a free show at my college in 2013): I thought they were great! Good energy, great harmonies, and heavy percussion (including weird things like garbage cans and chains, haha) which was kind of fun.

[George]

Apr 8, 2015 21:44:40 GMT -5 cufan7 said:

Just got tickets to see them at the beginning of May on a whim. How are their live shows?

I finally got to see them live 1-2 years ago and they're pretty incredible live. Excellent vocals and harmonies, plus band on point. Also, if it's a smaller venue, I think they may do a treat at the end of it.

[Deleted]

they are AMAZING live. their albums simply do NOT compare to how they are live.

i'm going to see them for the third time in a week

[George]

Performed "Chasing Twisters" on Late Night with Seth Meyers:
www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/delta-rae-performance-chasing-twisters/2857892?onid=146956#vc146956=1

Performed "Scared" on VH1's Morning Buzz:
www.vh1.com/shows/big_morning_buzz_live/scared-big-morning-buzz-live/1173817/video/#id=1735459

Interview on VH1's Morning Buzz:
www.vh1.com/shows/big_morning_buzz_live/delta-rae-on-their-bonnie-clyde-inspired-album/1190526/video/

FULL concert (Apr 9, 2015, The Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) on Yahoo! Screen is up:
screen.yahoo.com/live/event/delta-rae