Active for just a few years, Nashville-based rock band The Delta Saints have developed a signature sound of roots-blues efforts and huge rhythms, a sound their fans have grown accustomed to and appreciative of. On their second full-length album, though, Bones, officially releasing tomorrow, The Delta Saints let go of the training wheels and experiment fully with their sounds, combining their trademark blues-rock with new ventures into folk-country and psychedelic tempos.

Bones is ten tracks of fast-paced, genre-bending experimentation, but is as cohesive as the rest of the band’s discography. As if acting as a warning, the album starts off with the swirling, eerie percussion on “Sometimes I Worry”, immediately introducing listeners to soulful lead vocals and rough-and-tough rhythms, but is softened next by the record’s title track, which also starts with crowded beats and slinking vocals demanding we “Be the wind/Not the willow.” Perhaps the most intriguing track on the album is “Zydeco”, which starts in an over-the-top, Gothic tune then dives straight into a piano-based, popularized beat, the two different melodies dancing with and around each other.

Bones is thematic and easy to follow in that almost every track begins with a flurry of percussive, psychedelic rhythms and is recovered by roots-y vocals, gritty lyrics, and expansive, rollicking instrumentation. While the record still retains its typical Delta Saints blues-roots fashion, the best parts of it are the new arrangements the band lets loose on and experiments with, almost as if the music they plant nurtures their growth as musicians and songwriters.

Stream Bones by The Delta Saints below to prepare for its official release tomorrow and connect with the band at their website:

You can also try to catch the band at one of their upcoming concerts:

U.S. TOUR DATES
Fri 8/7 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
Sat 8/8 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s
Mon 8/10 – Missoula, MT @ The Real Lounge
Tue 8/11 – Bozeman, MT @ Zebra Cocktail Lounge
Wed 8/12 – Billings, MT @ Pub Station
Fri 8/14 – Fargo, ND @ Dempsey’s Public House
Sat 8/15 – Williston, ND @ Light Up The Wild West
Mon 8/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Wed 8/19 – Madison, WI @ The Frquency
Thu 8/20 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
Fri 8/21 – Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar
Sat 8/22 – Akron, OH @ Musica
Sun 8/23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
Tue 8/25 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Wed 8/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ MilkBoy
Thu 8/27 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Fri 8/28 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
Thu 9/3 – Nashville, TN @ Live on The Green

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:
Wed 9/9 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Radio 6 live session
Thu 9/10 – Verviers, Belgium @ Spirit of 66
Fri 9/11 – Alkmaar, Holland @ Poppodium Victorie
Sat 9/12 – Zoetermeer, Holland @ Boerderij
Sun 9/13 – Koln, Germany @ Die Kantine
Tue 9/15 – Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
Wed 9/16 – Bordesholm, Germany @ Albatros
Thu 9/17 – Krefeld, Germany @ Kulturrampe
Fri 9/18 – Isernhagen, Germany @ Blues Garage
Sat 9/19 – Worpswede, Germany @ Music Hall
Sun 9/20 – Breda, Holland @ Breda Barst Festival
Tue 9/22 – Ashaffenburg, Germany @ Colos-Saal
Wed 9/23 – München, Germany @ Garage Deluxe
Thu 9/24 – Kufstein, Austria @ Kulturfabrik
Fri 9/25 – Lyss, Switzerland @ KuFa
Sat 9/26 – Winterbach (Stuttgart), Germany @ Salierhalle
Sun 9/27 – Petershagen, Germany @ Petershagen Bluesnacht
Tue 9/29 – Fürth, Germany @ Kofferfabrik
Thu 10/1 – Oostende, Belgium @ De Post
Fri 10/2 – Beauvais, France @ Ouvre Boîte
Sat 10/3 – Limoges, France @ Espace Confluences
Sun 10/4 – Turnhout, Belgium @ OC De Djoelen
Thu 10/29 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Underbara
Fri 10/30 – Avesta, Sweden @ Bjurfors
Sat 10/31 – Oslo, Norway @ Buckley’s
Sun 11/1 – Göteborg, Sweden @ Sticky Fingers
Tue 11/3 – Malmö, Sweden @ Grand Öl & Mat
Thu 11/5 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
Fri 11/6 – Den Bosch, Holland @ W2
Sat 11/7 – Olten, Switzerland @ Schützi Olten
Sun 11/8 – Beaumont en Veron, France @ Temps des Crises
Tue 11/10 – Bilbao, Spain @ Stage Live
Wed 11/11 – Zaragoza, Spain @ Sala Lopez
Thu 11/12 – A Coruña, Spain @ Mardi Gras
Fri 11/13 – Vigo/Cangas, Spain @ Salason
Sat 11/14 – Aviles, Spain @ Centro Niemeyer
Sun 11/15 – Leon, Spain @ Espacio Vias
Tue 11/17 – Valladolid, Spain @ Porta Caeli
Wed 11/18 – Madrid, Spain @ Sala Caracol
Thu 11/19 – Estepona, Spain @ Louie Louie
Fri 11/20 – Alicante, Spain @ Sala Caja Negra de Las Cigarreras
Sat 11/21 – Barcelona, Spain @ Music Hall
Sun 11/22 – Valencia, Spain @ Rock City