Country Darkness 2

UK country and soul duo My Darling Clementine present the 2nd instalment of their "Country Darkness" collection, the 4 track EP continuing where "Vol 1" left off, featuring select compositions from the catalogue of Elvis Costello, interpreted here for duet. The project sees musical and life partners, Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish, once again collaborating with Costello’s longtime keyboard player Steve Nieve.

Following on from their initial 2019 EP, which received critical acclaim across the Roots and Americana world. "Vol 2", due on June 5th, 2020, will be preceded by the digital single ‘Different Finger’ on May 22nd. The set is completed by the tracks ‘Either Side Of The Same Town’, ‘Too Soon To Know’ and ‘I Lost You’, a song Costello penned with legendary Nashville singer songwriter Jim Lauderdale.

Describing the creative process and song selection, Michael says, “When we all first convened at Steve’s house in France last year, we had a long list of around 25 songs that we deemed as country and/or country soul, which we then proceeded to whittle down to 12, choosing songs that worked best for 2 voices and contained lyrics that we could adapt as conversations. After we had decided on which key, the tempo, the basic arrangement, we left Steve to record a solo piano and keys track, setting the feel for the songs, before sending it to producer Colin Elliot back in England, for us build into a full arrangement with the band. We had not worked that way before. It was an interesting experience and one that, despite my initial reservations about us not all being in the same room, playing live, has worked out well. A lot of credit for that must go to Colin Elliott, Shez Sheridan and Dean Beresford, our guitar, bass and drums foundation”.

During the past 9 years King and Dalgleish have released 4 albums, played over 700 shows worldwide, and collaborated with a wide variety of fellow artists including Graham Parker, Kinky Friedman, The Brodsky Quartet, Jim Lauderdale and crime writer Mark Billingham. They have picked up various awards for their heart on sleeve song craft spotlighting the vagaries of romance and the human condition, and their match made in heaven harmonies.