Delphic - Acolyte

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 07 Jan, 2010.

Delphic are one of this years top tips for glory within the pop world. With popular singles on French fashion boutique label Kitsune, debut LP/CD 'Acolyte' is the sound of young Manchester. Combining widescreen, epic stadium pop, a New Order-y electronic/rock hybrid sound, anthemic Hot Chip style future-pop hooks and a smooth, glossy production, I can imagine these kids hitting it fairly big. Probably a little too commercial for my personal taste, these tunes are nonetheless sweetly constructed chunks of blissed radio friendly euphoria and disco-tastic dream pop. Aroma: lavender, vanilla car air freshener & freshly unpacked ikea sofa.

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With two independent single releases under their belt, and a performance on Later With Jools, the Manchester trio are set to release their debut album ‘Acolyte’. Splicing New Order’s patent Mancunian brand of indie disco intellectualism with the unbound, arms aloft euphoria of Orbital or the Chemical Brothers. Muse gone minimal, or Kasabian on Kompakt, a debut album of ecstatic everyman anthems equally at home on a main stage or lost out in the middle of the floor. On stage, their glorious hard-wired gene pool of anthemic indie and stadium techno comes into its own, driving along like a perfectly pitched DJ set and where other bands pause to sip their riders between songs, Delphic slip in hypnotic driving techno interludes that turn any gigs into a rave.

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