Photo by Andi Sapey
Melbourne’s Delivery have today shared “Deadlines”, the final single from their second album, Force Majeure, which is out on Heavenly Recordings this Friday, January 17.
An urgent, joyous noise from one of the most brilliant and forceful rock’n’roll bands to emerge from the southern hemisphere in years, Delivery’s latest cut is a triumphant, razor sharp, tight as hell banger that gives proper ‘girl boss’ energy.
Bec from the band said of the track, which is accompanied by a fantastic performance video: Quite self explanatory. Sometimes life is busy and hard and if you’re keeping on top of everything you’re a boss! But it’s also okay if you’re not keeping on top of things because life is hard and busy and you still are a boss anyway!
The twelve-track battering ram of an album, from Melbourne’s effortlessly cool five-piece garage punk heroes, builds hugely on the promise that their 2022 lockdown-born debut album Forever Giving Handshakes showed.
Already with an enviable pedigree, their debut attracted fans from Henry Rollins (who has played almost the whole catalogue on his KCRW show) to Rolling Stone Australia (Top 10 albums 2022) through old school DIY word of mouth; Delivery are that rare thing, a true band’s band and a fan’s band simultaneously.
A vital and concise record which thrills with its direct simplicity and excitement, recalling the likes of Parquet Courts or early Modern Lovers, Force Majeure (rarely does a title so aptly describe the contents) opens with the controlled explosion of recent single ‘Digging The Hole’ and doesn’t let up apart from occasional journeys into post punk territory on the Television-esque ‘New Alphabet’ and the wonderfully Wire-ish ‘What Else’.
Force Majure – Delivery’s first album for Heavenly Recordings, a label with a long history of championing young Australian bands, from The Vines to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Confidence Man – is an urgent, joyous noise, the prefect calling card from your new favorite honest rock’n’roll band.
Tour Dates
Mar 6-10 – New Colossus Festival, New York, NY
Mar 12-15 – SXSW, Austin, TX
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