Delays is a pop group from Southampton, UK. Front man Greg Gilbert was known in high school as a loner, who listened to artists like Prince and Abba in his teenage room and addressed the ever-flying planes in his self-written songs. The music of his band Delays is still not hip, but it can be traced back to a long tradition of English and American pop. The whining of The La's and The Beatles is
… combined with the high, thin choirs and broken chords of The Byrds. In contrast to the primitive garage rock of label mates The Strokes and The Libertines, the Delays deal in sweet, dreamy pop songs. Although not everything is as catchy as the beautiful single Nearer Than Heaven and the opener Wanderlust, the Delays have a fresh sound, traditional but always inspired. The album therefore entered the English indie charts from scratch. (MS)more
