Delta Spirit

Soulful-indie folk that’s dark and gritty but can still be sung along to? Just tell me where to sign up, that’s all I need to know. While, admittedly, I was sure that these guys were that English band with the girl singer until a heated debate in which I was most efficiently shut down, it turned out to all be for the best. Otherwise, I would’ve remained ignorant of a band who have been on my jam list ever since. Dark and brooding, moody and atmospheric, the Long Beach natives effortlessly capture a kind of Southern-gothic-indie, a sort of surly-but-cool hybrid of Cold War Kids and Murder By Death. Like both of those bands, the Delta Spirit foursome can create a stunning and surreal aural landscape with the music, and tell you a full cinematic story with it. Like, the kind that involves road trips, hard-learned life lessons and whiskey. Lots and lots of whiskey. - Brien Overly