Over to Madrid tonight for a session by Irish Indie/Alternative band Delorentos, recorded for Los Conciertos de Radio 3 on June 12, 2012.
Delorentos are a Dublin-based band, formed in 2005. They consist of Rónan Yourell (vocals, guitar, piano), Kieran McGuinness (vocals, guitar), Níal Conlan (bass, backing vocals) and Ross McCormick (drums, backing vocals). The band’s debut album In Love with Detail was critically acclaimed in Ireland, being nominated for the Choice Music Prize and in the Best Irish Album category at the 2007 Meteor Awards, at which Delorentos were also nominated for Best New Irish Band. Two extended plays have also been released; their debut release, titled Leave It On, in October 2005, and the follow-up EP, titled Do You Realise, came out in November 2007. The Delorentos discography consists of a selection of singles which impacted on the Irish Singles Chart, such as “The Rules” in May 2006 and “Stop” in July 2007.
Aside from headline shows, Delorentos have opened a number of high-profile shows throughout their career. They have featured at numerous major festivals and tours including Electric Picnic, Oxegen and South by Southwest. Delorentos were invited to play a set at the 2006 edition of Other Voices: Songs From a Room and were also regular performers on The Cafe. They have built up a small fanbase in the neighbouring United Kingdom through appearances on television shows such as CD:UK. They have also had several songs feature on the PlayStation 3 karaoke video game, SingStar.
They briefly split in 2009, but got back together to release their second album You Can Make Sound, Their third album Little Sparks was released in 2012, followed by Unbroken, Untied and Night Becomes Light in 2014. They released their sixth album in 2018 called True Surrender.
Delorentos are known for their attractive guitar sound full of hooks and harmonies. The band’s influences include Arcade Fire, Pixies, The Cure and The Clash. Their musical output has been likened to many modern British bands. The style of their single “Eustace Street”, about a troubled love affair set in Dublin’s Temple Bar, has been compared to that of Editors, and another single “Stop”, influenced by a post-punk sound, has been likened to Bloc Party. The band’s second single “The Rules” has been called “a sharp comment on the culture of casual racism”. Conlan and Yourell like The Band, whilst Conlan and McCormick like The Redneck Manifesto. Conlan has stated that their earlier music had “a lot more dancey beats to it, but we’re always chopping and changing”. For instance, at one point the oldest song in the band’s set list was “Leave It On” and that was only about eight months old at the time.
Dive in and wake up tomorrow refreshed and ready to face Friday. You heard it here first.
