"off-kilter pop, precise and beautiful arrangements, carefully considered guitar, orchestrated strings and haunting vocals"... or something like that.
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"Coming in From The Cold" live
We have appreciated and have been influenced by The Delgado's music and this is our way of keeping their music alive and maybe introducing it to the many who unfortunately did not have the oppurtunity to fully appreciate them before they disbanded. The goal is also to keep friends updated with ongoing and future projects of the band members and their record label, contemporaries of The Delgados, and the bands they continue to influence and support.
Chemikal Underground, the record label the band members started over 10 years ago, issued the following statement on August 3, 2005.
"The Delgados, influential figures in Glasgow's independent music scene for over 10 years, have announced that they are to amicably disband. The reason has been put down to the departure of their bass player Stewart Henderson who informed the band in the New Year that he did not wish to make another album. The Delgados have always been known as uniquely collaborative songwriters and as such, it was decided that the band could not continue without all of its original members.
The Delgados leave behind them 5 critically acclaimed albums including The Great Eastern, Hate and last year's Universal Audio. Their two principal songwriters Emma Pollock and Alun Woodward will be pursuing individual projects and drummer Paul Savage will continue production duties at the band's Chem19 Studios in Hamilton.
The four friends will continue to run their record label Chemikal Underground in this, its 10th Anniversary year, with releases scheduled for Malcolm Middleton, Mother & The Addicts and Arab Strap. They are extremely grateful to everyone who has supported The Delgados over the course of their career.
We would especially like to thank all of our fans for your wonderful support. Don't be too upset everyone...get a massive carry out, turn the stereo up and play your albums at full volume."
You can check out The Delgados and Chemikal Underground's offical sites for more details and I will try to keep blogs updated with any interesting Delgado or related news I may come accross.
We hope anyone who comes accross news or who has positive Delgado related experiences to share will do so in comments and messages.
On Chemikal Underground unless otherwise stated.
Albums
* Domestiques (1996, LP / CD )
* Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit CD)
* Peloton (1998, LP / CD)
* The Great Eastern (2000, LP / CD)
* Live at the Fruitmarket (2001, CD)
* Hate (2002, Mantra LP / CD)
* Universal Audio (2004, LP / CD)
* The Complete BBC Peel Sessions (2006, CD)
Singles and EPs
* "Monica Webster" / "Brand New Car" (1995, 7")
* I've Only Just Started to Breathe (Ché, 2x7", split with Bis, Merzbow and The Golden Mile)
* Lazarwalker (1996, Radar 7"/CD)
* Cinecentre (1996, 7/CD)
* Under Canvas Under Wraps (1996, 7/CD)
* Sucrose (1996, 7/CD)
* Everything Goes Around the Water (1998, 7/CD)
* Pull the Wires From the Wall (1998, 7/CD)
* The Weaker Argument Defeats the Stronger (1998, 7/CD)
* American Trilogy (2000, 7"/CD)
* No Danger(Kids' Choir) (2000, 7"/CD)
* Coming in From the Cold (2002, Mantra 7" /CD)
* All You Need is Hate (2003, Import CD)
* Everybody Come Down (2004, 7"/CD)
* Girls Of Valour (2005, 7"/CD)
* I fought the Angels (2005, Hollywood Records in US) Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack
Thanks for the friendship Love is light, it makes you see things
Nor Mozart, Charlie Parker or Jimmy Hendrix had such an instrument at their disposition! All music we know is made on instruments we know. New weapons generate killings, new musical instruments generate.... Jan Van Kelst
yeh, cheers for the add, etc..... i saw the delgados at a small venue in portsmouth. it was fucking brilliant. severely underrated. but i don't think sony wanted to buy chemikal underground. "me and alan mcgee" if that makes any sense, good. because i am fucked out of my head. lol, innit?
Thanks for the add The Delgados were definitely one of the greatest bands of all time in my opinion and Emma also is great as a solo artist. I'm happy to be your guys' friend...even if it is just a myspace friendship. Feel free to check out some of my music if you ever get the chance :)
I love your music! I bought your CD in Shinjuku several years ago. I listened to "The Past That Suits You Best", and received the high impact. I am your fan since then.
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