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Deloris
1997 - 2008ish
Deloris may have been a musical group of undecided number beginning in Frankston, Victoria and ending up in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They put out four albums of varying degrees of worth, difficulty, point and success, not to mention EPs, badges, tee shirts, tapes, voting requests and general pleas. These include The Pointless Gift (recorded to two inch tape in Leederville, Perth by Marcus Teague, Simon Heelis and Luke Turley - released on Quietly Suburban in AUS and Scientific Laboratories in the UK), Fake Our Deaths (recorded to two inch tape in Richmond Victoria, half inch tape and CuBase in Preston, Victoria and to Pro Tools in Harkaway Victoria by Marcus Teague, Simon Heelis, Dan Brimelow, Leigh Lambert - released on Dot Dash), Ten Lives (recorded to two inch tape and Pro Tools in Harkaway Victoria and Revolver Arcade in Prahan Victoria by Marcus Teague and a motley crew including Daniel Brimelow, Ben Gook and Luke Turley - released on Dot Dash) and “the album of which no one speaks” (called Fraulein, recorded to DAT in Rye, Victoria by Marcus Teague, Simon Heelis and Luke Turley - released on Halflight) – due to it being old, and so an exhibit of something someone else did really.
They toured the nation countless times, slept on a fine array of floors, never did make it overseas but played lots of gigs, - though never any festivals, never could get on any. crazy - performed with some with people like The National, Okkervil River, Lou Barlow, The Delgados, Mountain Goats, Augie March, Something For Kate, Purplene and The Tucker Bs, decimated bank accounts, looked after their own affairs with middling results, enjoyed high rotation airplay around the country, thrilled ourselves with audio accomplishments the likes of which we could never have dreamed, ditto as dudes, had a bunch of members come and go and generally cemented down all our best friends forever.
But…we are not really they anymore. They’re not really there. Deloris were an idea, a ruse, a lot of words, sticky-tape, parking fines, sore fingertips, photocopying, notes and a lot of waiting around for the black hole to zip shut. It never did. Everything ever, so on and so forth. If you’re reading this – and this is a moment of clarity – man, you have no idea how much we love/d you.
HOWEVER. Much more to come. From something else already made throughout 2009 with some people from Deloris and some others instead – nearly finished now (no name yet), just vocals to go – concerned with buildings, prehistoric man and a musical note that can be heard by both the tadpole in the primordial goop and the account manager on Level 56. Woah x 2.
Here, however, we will continue reflections on the glorious stoop of what was, could’ve been and may well once be. This page will continue to be used as a conduit, a love letter and a little flapping white flag.
The end.
Love
D
Feb 2010
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"Australia has found a poet laureate for its dreams. Deloris aren't just good, they're great. It makes me feel my heart in my chest." -***** Neumu.net/The Big Issue
"Very few A-List indie bands of the past few years came to play in 2006. The Shins? Busy. The National? Exhausted. Okkervil River? Touring. Enter Australia's best-kept secret Deloris and their new record Ten Lives. Ten Lives filled the void and then some, earning the band every right to demand their own A-List status." - badrobot.co.uk
"Deloris produce an impeccable collection of songs. No weird singer, no cheap toy instruments -- just tight songs with deep hooks." - oneloudernyc.com
"The most captivating release you'll hear from an Australian band this year" - Album Of The Week - Drum Media
".of swelling indie guitar pop, Deloris are it’s feverish storytellers, blending chiming six-string, woozy harmonies and delirious, almost novelistic, wordplay. an air of triumph to the whole album." – Rave
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'Playing The Spaces' video - from Fake Our Deaths
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Feather Figure vid - from Fake Our Deaths
Singer/Songwriter Marcus Teague also has a solo project. See: Single Twin
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x D
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