The Delgados

The Delgados released Universal Audio in the USA on the backs of some strong critical acclaim from their native UK. The “Mercury Nominated” band returned with long-time producer Tony Doogan (Belle & Sebastian, Mogwai, Super Furry Animals) and have expanded the scope of their music with a stunning album.
 
After four albums into their critically acclaimed careers, The Delgados have decided to throw everyone something of a curve ball.  Dispensing with the lush orchestrations of their previous two releases, The Delgados withdrew to their Chem19 studio in Hamilton (just outside Glasgow, Scotland) last year and started work on the new album, which would take them five months to write and four more to record; but when they finally emerged blinking in the sunlight, Universal Audio had a sunning melodic sensibility and was a stunning achievement.
 
Smothered in guitars; drenched in hooks; loaded with melodies and overflowing with harmonies, Universal Audio is a pop triumph: articulate, eclectic, overwhelmingly immediate and thoroughly captivating. It represents the same level of seismic leap taken by the band on their third, Mercury nominated album The Great Eastern, and a brave departure from the dark, symphonic follow up of 2002’s Hate.  Universal Audio sounds more effervescent than its bombastic predecessors – a different feel for a very different record.
 
The Delgados formed in Glasgow in 1996 and quickly established themselves at the forefront of that city’s flourishing music scene.  Their critically acclaimed debut album, Domestiques, was released in ’97 and they have since released 3 additional albums, all garnering heaping amounts of praise from critics and fans on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Delgados are uniquely gifted songwriters and with Universal Audio, they have produced a torch song for great albums of the past and a timeless addition to their spectacular body of work.

"8 out of 10. Indie popsters return with a joyously upbeat record." – NME
 
"Universal Audio is a masterclass in harmonious guitar pop." – Q Magazine
 
“ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS IN THE WORLD” – John Peel