The Delines – The Set Up

More ragged and undone but all CinemaScope Delines

The Delines – The Set Up
Format: CD – Vinyl LP – Digital
Label: Jealous Butcher Records (US) Décor Records (UK/EU)
Release: 2026

Release date: March 6, 2026

The Delines were finishing the ‘Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom’ sessions when Willy brought in a tune called ‘Walking With His Sleeves Down’.

Amy learned it on piano and recorded it live. Her take was stunning but the song didn’t quite fit the record so they set it aside along with ‘The Reckless Life’, ‘Dilaudid Diane’ (featured in their recent encores) and ‘Jumping off in Madras’. The song worked sonically but again didn’t feel quite right lyrically and when they finished the record Willy couldn’t stop writing songs for it.

The US opioid epidemic with thousands of young people rattled with addiction and living in tents and on the streets and in old cars and RVs, influenced Luck and Doom but even more so with ‘The Set Up’.

Their stalwart producer, John Morgan Askew, was at the helm again and he’s the king of building atmospheric worlds. You can really feel it on this one. By the time they finished, they realized ‘The Set Up’ was the wayward, misguided, and lonely sister to ‘Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom’. More ragged and undone but all CinemaScope Delines.

Website: https://www.thedelines.com/

Tracks:
01. The Set Up Part 1
02. Can You Get Me Out Of Phoenix?
03. Jumping Off In Madras
04. Dilaudid Diane
05. Keep The Shades Down
06. Getting Out Of The Ward
07. The Set Up Part 2
08. The Reckless Life
09. Walking With His Sleeves Down
10. The Meter Keeps Ticking
11. The Set Up Part 3
12. The Last Time I Saw Her