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Delays are
an English indie band formed in Southampton, consisting of brothers Greg
and Aaron Gilbert, Colin Fox and Rowly. Likened to the Cocteau Twinsand
noted for the lead vocalist's falsetto,
The band were originally formed under the name Corky, where they were
heavily influenced by British bands, Manic Street Preachers and The
La's. The original line-up consisted of Greg, drummer Rowly, bassist
Colin and lead guitarist Dan Hall, who left before Greg's brother Aaron
was invited to join.
The second and latest album You See Colours was released in March 2006,
and saw a breakthrough when their songs began being used as backing
music on the football highlights show Match of the Day, and also
commercially; "Long Time Coming" was utilised for a national campaign
advertising broadband in the UK, and to advertise jewellery in the USA.
The band were invited to play most of the major British festivals in the
summer of 2006, and in May of that year, they also parted ways with
Rough Trade by mutual consent, and signed with Fiction / Polydor in
December. The music video for "Valentine" received regular play on MTV,
and also gave them their first appearance on the popular Top of the Pops
programme on the BBC. Their debut release on Fiction, Everything's The
Rush is scheduled for release in early 2008. This will be preceded by an
EP, Love Made Visible, released on 5th November. http://www.thedelays.co.uk/ |