The Set Up
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The Delines
The Set Up
[ Décor / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 13 March 2026
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The Delines were finishing the 'Mr. Luck and Ms. Doom' sessions when Willy brought in a tune called "Walking With His Sleeves Down". Amy learned it on piano and they 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 The Set Up.
"Nobody else in America creates music about the underclass as perfectly as the Delines do. Mixing up soul, country and Americana that never fails to impress and move the listener." 4/5 - Louder Than War
"Across the record, The Delines favour patient arrangements where trumpet, piano and rhythm section move in slow cycles. This spacious setting allows [Amy] Boone's voice to inhabit each role fully. Her phrasing carries a calm, reflective quality that makes the songs feel like the listener is being confided in late at night.
Taken together, The Set Up forms a vivid portrait of lives unfolding along the edges of the American story. Vlautin's writing observes these figures with patience and compassion while The Delines surround them with music that carries warmth, restraint and quiet gravity. Narrative and atmosphere reveal how chance, circumstance and endurance shape the paths these lives follow." - 13th Floor
Tracks:
The Set Up Part 1
Can You Get Me Out Of Phoenix
Jumping Off In Madras
Dilaudid Diane
Keep The Shades Down
Getting Out Of The Ward
The Set Up Part 2
The Reckless Life
Walking With His Sleeves Down
The Meter Keeps Ticking
The Set Up Part 3
The Last Time I Saw Her
