INTERVIEW
THE DELINES
WITH TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS AND GLOBAL PANDEMICS, THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE DELINES COULD ALMOST BE A COUNTRY SONG. LEE FISHER SPOKE TO SONGWRITER WILLY VLAUTIN TO FIND OUT HOW THEY’RE BEARING UP AHEAD OF THEIR FORTHCOMING GOSFORTH CIVIC THEATRE SHOW
The last time we spoke to The Delines’ guitarist and songwriter Willy, the band were re-emerging after a hiatus caused by a horrible accident experienced by singer Amy Boone. Then came lockdown and another forced break. It had to be hard keeping up the momentum, but Vlautin is typically generous and philosophical about it all. “You know, ever since Amy recovered from her accident and could still be in the band, I’ve been nothing grateful. Even with
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forced breaks here and there. And you’re right, the pandemic stopped us in our tracks, but we all knew if the world didn’t end we’d be a band again. So frustrating, yes, but we still worked. We made The Sea Drift and a soundtrack to my book The Night Always Comes… and I spent I spent the pandemic writing. It was the longest I’d been home in over twenty years. So for me, I got lucky, it had a couple of upsides.” The Sea Drift came out in February to some of the band’s best
