Delta Spirit - History From Below

Delta Spirit - History From Below


Originally published in NME 30/07/2010



Onto their second album, and Delta Spirit still seem to face comparisons with Mumford & Sons, Fleet Foxes and, er, that other popular hairy nu-folk troupe.

‘History From Below’ draws on the spiritual and religious concepts that propelled their debut, with ‘Salt in the Wound’s ‘If there’s a god in my head/then there’s a devil too/how can I tell the difference/when they both claim to be true?’.

Their follow-up is more adventurous - a garage-band twist on a format getting staler with each check shirt. The result is difficult to characterise - but then there’s something incredibly satisfying about that.

7/10

Download: 'Salt In The Wound', '911'