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Delays
venue:   Concorde 2
review date:   Tuesday, 19 October 2004
photos & words by:   Bec Chalkley

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review

Ah, the Delays! So lovely... All youthful indie rock swagger on stage, while creating the most contradictory beautiful melodies ablaze with helplessly romantic vocal harmonies. Greg Gilbert’s falsetto - Liz Fraser channelling Jeff Buckley in The La’s shower - is breathtaking when left free to swoop and soar in ‘Wanderlust’, less other-worldly in more La’s / 60s boybeat tunes like ‘Hey Girl’.

And they’re not a bit like The Corrs if you shut your eyes, even if The Guardian say so. OK, a little bit. But then you open your eyes and the stage is resplendent with cherubic indie lovelies and all thoughts of the evil Irish soft-rock quartet are banished. Phew.

They kick off with ‘Bedroom Scene’ and ‘Wanderlust’, play much of the album, and a couple of new songs about girls are introduced, ‘Lydia’ and ‘Angel’ (“but we don’t want to call it that," adds Greg helpfully). Encore includes a sublime ‘Nearer Than Heaven’, Greg’s falsetto reaching giddy new heights of loveliness. Swoooon...


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about Concorde 2

Okay, so you may have to walk a bit to reach it... but that just makes it that little bit more exclusive doesn't it! Located along Madeira Drive, the Concorde 2 is a sizeable venue with a huge variety of clubnights and bands on each month. Some top names, some great festivals, World Music... you name it. If you can't find something to pique your interest then you might as well pack your bags and head for Eastbourne...

The next Concorde 2 date for your diary:

Sunday, 7th September
Summer Slaughter UK

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