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Entertainment WeeklyWhere the [Cocteau] Twins tended toward soft-focus, the Delays are more rocking, thanks to a big-bottomed rhythm section. [21 May 2004, p.77]
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UncutUltimately, it's that out-of-time devotion--along with soaring choruses to put most contemporaries to shame--which makes this a debut record to cherish. [May 2004, p.104]
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BlenderDelays have found a way to combine the sparkling harmonies of the Byrds with the glorious noise of My Bloody Valentine, and still sound as fresh and surprising as a London heat wave. [#27, p.134]
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The first British guitar band in a decade to lay a serious claim to the melodic guitar pop throne invented by the Byrds and the Hollies, and last occupied by the Stone Roses and the La's.
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Faded Seaside Glamour trades in the band's dreary English roots for radiating waves and rays of '60s California pop. It's a slick transition, an honest presentation soaked in Delays' crisp musicianship and the foursome's lush harmonies.
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It isnt the place of a debut to straddle styles as diverse as harmony-drenched 60s beat-soul, the shoegazing sound-paintings of the 80s and relaxed futurism of now, yet this is their debut, and it covers all this and more.
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There is an element of beauty in Delays that is rare to find these days, and with such an accomplished debut they have an excellent shot at growing into something truly special.
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Despite occasional moments of album filler, Delays have still given us an album with at least three slices of timeless pop.
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You can't tell a word Greg Gilbert is saying... and you won't care; his soaring falsetto is that beautiful.
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Unfortunately, though, almost a third of the album is devoted to namby-pamby ballads which, stripped of the bands trademark sugary hooks, sound truly wispy by proportion.
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If there's a clear problem with the album, it lies in the sugar-coated crystalline sheen that surrounds everything.
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MagnetKind of like the Cocteau Twins if Don Ho produced their albums. [#64, p.86]
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It stands out from the pack thanks to lead vocalist Greg Gilbert.
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Though Faded Seaside Glamour proudly wears the jacket of its influences for all to see, the band stitch it up so well that you could never accuse it of being a knockoff.
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Winsome and striking.
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johnApr 25, 2005
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TimE.Jan 13, 2005
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FSJul 20, 2004Summer itself