Welcome To Sin City

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1.	Turn Out The Light 02:02	buy track
2.	Rollin' Rosie 02:22	buy track
3.	Breakdown In Dallas 03:36	buy track
4.	Hanging From The Branches Above 03:55	buy track
5.	Son Of A Gun 02:42	buy track
6.	Things I Left Behind 04:35	buy track
7.	Hold On Little Girl 02:55	buy track
8.	Barbara 03:26	buy track
9.	Belly Of The Beast 02:19	buy track
10.	Reel You In 01:59	buy track
11.	Pissin' In The Wind 03:25	buy track
12.	Bandit Of Love 03:14	buy track
13.	By The River 03:27	buy track

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Demos, demos, demos. Over 126-plus demos in various folders. Sin City: the demon child of lockdown in small-town Alicante, Spain, and two grounded touring musicians more used to the grind of pack-in, pack-out, play play play. Match-fit and champing at the bit, these two men smelled of the road. The songs had that feel in them too—no looking back, no prisoners taken. Some furious spirit of dusty plains and arid rocks, boots, guitars, flourescent lighting, heartache and orange sun. We narrowed it down to 20 songs for the session.

To get through these songs in three studio days, I suggested a live band set up. Play the songs pretty much as they were and move fast. Some hired guns to keep things streamlined. We ended up recording 25 songs.

Was there fist pumping? Was there cheap pizza? Was there a visit from a heavy-looking investor? Yes.
Were there tears? Were there ecstatic embraces? Were there long, shiny-eyed discussions about the vibes? No.
These were match-fit touring musicians, remember?  Squarely in their domain.

And - as the songs piled up under the Nudie suit umbrella that united their work into some frankensteined collection of blue-eyed soul, chicha, balladeering rockers and drinking songs of love left behind - any deviation, any doubt, any questionable note or possible reason for further investigation was swept aside in the juggernaut drive and momentum of this squirrelly-eyed session, and a lone phrase emerged that gave it all an almost utilitarian clarity: “That’s Classic Sin City”.

D. Davidson

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released January 4, 2022

Nick Armstrong – Vocals, Pianos, Bass, Guitar, Banjo, Percussion, Organ
Jack Beesley – Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Bass
John Segovia – Lap Steel Guitar, Telecaster
Alistair Deverick – Drums, Tambourine
Dave Khan – Fiddle
Delaney Davidson – Guitar, Bass, Steel, Rhodes, Mandolin, Whistle
Takumi Yanai – Bass
Liv Shaw – Backing vocals
Liam Davis - Trumpet,
Lucas Fritsch – Saxophone

All Songs Armstrong/Beesley
Produced by Delaney Davidson
Engineered by Jol Mulholland
Mastered Angus McNaughton
Photography by Gloria Florence
Album Design - Shakin' Luke Wood

Special thanks to Mark Beesley, John Armstrong, Kim Martinengo, David Perry, Jake Pringle, Matt Armstrong, Lex & Angus, Bertrand & Geraldine, Paco & Amparo, Nestor Donuts, everyone who's ever honkey tonked with us around the world & our mums.

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Sin City Auckland, New Zealand

Sin City are a pack of bar-crawling crooners who found themselves quarantined in a sleazy flat in Alicante, Spain with only a guitar and piano. In a haze of beer, gin, rum, red wine and hamburgers they wrote and recorded a vast collection of songs based on their love for Mink Deville, Gram Parsons, Glen Campbell, Phil Spector, Van Morrison and various country, soul and rock n roll records. ... more

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