Delays - Star Tiger Star Ariel reviews
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| Pitchfork |
 From an American perspective, I kinda wish Delays got their start 10 years earlier-- true, their honeyglazed bliss-outs evoke Madchester without the drug use and don't sound a whole lot like the mid-90s, but their catalogue is well-suited for that fun time where rock radio appeared open to one-hit British wonders. The all-hook heir to "There She Goes" ("Hey Girl"), the heady disco rush of "Valentine", and even "Hooray" are the sort of songs with slam-dunk choruses that could move a million copies of Delays' deceptively consistent albums-- most of which would then immediately be found in used CD bins, a smaller percentage treasured by a loyal bunch of Anglophiles. Instead, it feels like they're reintroducing themselves with every album, and on Star Tiger Star Ariel, the strain to come on as strong as possible shows more than ever.
The fatal flaw of their previous album-- the overly saccharine Everything's the Rush-- was overstating their case as a pop band. Naturally then, Star Tiger goes in the opposite direction, overstating the case for Delays as a rock band. Of course, "rock" is used in a relative sense, and it's silly to deny a band the pleasures of playing louder than ever before. But the mashed drums and gunmetal guitar tones of their balls-out title track and riff-heavy "Shanghaied" don't mesh well with a band whose strength lies in feminizing its sound. Greg Gilbert's voice remains astonishing-- gritty in its lower registers, capable in falsetto-- and it gives Star Tiger its best moments. "May 45" might be atypically dark from a lyrical standpoint, vaguely evoking WWII and the debilitation of age, but as Gilbert's rangiest vocal, the chorus builds to the record's peak of rapture. Unsurprisingly, the climax is wordless....full text |
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| Sundaymercury |
| w WHEN the Gilbert brothers parted company with the Fiction label, there were fears that the Southampton band would sink in the Solent. But they’re back for a fourth course that eschews the rich soundscapes of Everything’s The Rush for simpler settings, and it pays off. Although the cinematic Hold A Fire seems to yearn for the past, single Unsung is helium-voiced pop with chart potential, Shanghai’d is rabble-rousing rock and roll, and Lost Estate recalls the band’s You See Colours combination. At the close, the standout title track marries big stadium guitar with indie appeal. PC...full text |
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| Geeks |
Southampton indie-rock quartet Delays are set to release their eagerly anticipated fourth album Star Tiger, Star Ariel on June 31st this year. Delays are somewhat of a strumming contradiction as, following their 2004 debut Faded Seaside Glamour, they were heralded as indie’s new ‘IT’ kids and compared to giants like the Stone Roses. Six years on, the group have been together for almost a decade and somehow have not yet become a household name, something that this new release might change.
Perhaps the thing that seems to be blocking Delays from reaching that level of household name is that they exist in an aural grey-area, in one of those areas of music that has so many hyphens that it barely makes sense anymore. They’re indie-pop-rock, or something to that effect, and these generic labels are something with which the group themselves seem to struggle at times....full text |
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