David Barr from Drive Tuesday talks to Willy Vlautin, songwriter and lyricist for the southern soul/American noir band, The Delines. His prior work was with his iconic band, Richmond Fontaine.

Willy writes about people who are down and out or living on the edge, a long way from the American dream. The new album by the band, The Sea Drift, is set on the bleak Texas Gulf Coast, each song a vignette of blue collar melancholy. The vocals are by Amy Boone who sings of the despondency of the songs’ characters with warmth and sympathy. The trumpet of Cory Gray adds to the atmosphere on this mesmerising third album by the band.