The
Delgados are one of the most loved and respected bands to have emerged
from Scotland in the last 10 years. They have earned a place in the
hearts and record collections of music lovers throughout the world with
their articulate brand of intelligent, literate pop music, shot through
with invention, diversity and more recently, majestic orchestrations.
Striving to make each record more ambitious than the last, theirs is
a song-writing learning curve that has left many of their contemporaries
in the shade.
That they established Chemikal Underground Records, one of Scotland’s
most successful and influential labels, launching the careers of Bis,
Arab Strap and Mogwai along the way, is another story entirely: that
it firmly secured The Delgados’ position at the forefront of Scotland’s
independent music scene, is incontestable.
"Universal Audio", their latest album, is stripped of strings
and orchestral augmentation, & is a return to their inventive core.
Smothered in guitars; drenched in hooks; loaded with melodies and overflowing
with harmonies, Universal Audio is a pop triumph: articulate, eclectic,
overwhelmingly immediate and thoroughly captivating. In "Universal
Audio" they have produced a pop album that draws influences from
The Beach Boys to Kate Bush; The Kinks to Depeche Mode while retaining
the irresistible and unique sound of The Delgados.
Tour Dates:
Perth
Friday February 18
The Beck's Verandah, Perth International Arts
Festival
Brisbane
Saturday February 19
The Zoo
Sydney
Sunday February 20
The Gaelic Club
Melbourne
Tuesday February 22
Corner Hotel
The
Delgados new album "Universal Audio" out now on Chemikal Underground
through Stomp.
www.delgados.co.uk/
www.chemikal.co.uk/
