Delorentos are a
Dublin-based
Irish alternative rock band, formed in 2005. They consist of Rónan Yourell (vocals, guitar, piano), Kieran McGuinness (vocals, guitar), Níal Conlan (bass, backing vocals) and Ross McCormick (drums, backing vocals). The band's
debut album In Love with Detail was critically acclaimed in Ireland, being nominated for the
Choice Music Prize and in the Best Irish Album category at the
2007 Meteor Awards, at which Delorentos were also nominated for Best New Irish Band. Two
extended plays have also been released; their debut release, titled
Leave It On, in October 2005, and the follow-up EP, titled
Do You Realise, came out in November 2007. The Delorentos discography consists of a selection of singles which entered the
Irish Singles Chart, such as "The Rules" in May 2006 and "Stop" in July 2007.
Aside from headline shows, Delorentos have opened a number of high profile shows throughout their career, including 2007 support slots for Sinéad O'Connor at Heineken Green Energy, the Dave Matthews Band at the Point Theatre and Arctic Monkeys, Supergrass and The Coral at Malahide Castle. The band have also played with the likes of Idlewild, Gang of Four, Bell X1 and The Futureheads in locations such as London, New York City, Chicago and Toronto. They have featured at numerous major festivals and tours including Electric Picnic, Oxegen and South by Southwest. Delorentos were invited to play a set at the 2006 edition of Other Voices: Songs From a Room and were also regular performers on The Cafe. They have built up a small fanbase in the neighbouring United Kingdom through appearances on television shows such as . They have also had several songs feature on the PlayStation 3 karaoke video game, SingStar.
Delorentos spent much of 2008 working on their second album, playing few live shows. By early 2009, they were reported to be performing with Director as both bands showcased material from their second albums. However, on 17 February 2009, Delorentos announced on their MySpace and official website that Rónan Yourell had decided to leave the band. The entire band subsequently announced a split but rescinded this decision two months later. Their second album You Can Make Sound was released on 9 October 2009 and led to two more Meteor nominations for Delorentos in 2010.
Career
Formation
Each of the band members were in other bands prior to Delorentos, some of them alongside one another. Conlan and McCormick lived next door to on another, in what Conlan once described as "a weird web of bands through schools and colleges, until the four of us came together". until they went to
Chicago to play "a rake of gigs". McCormick and Conlan were in college in the earlier days of the band's career. Delorentos followed this with a tour which included an appearance at the UK industry show
In The City and they were invited to participate in the 2006 series of
RTÉ's annual
Other Voices music show. As part of their prize, they received free recording time at the
BBC's
Maida Vale recording studios and were invited onto the UK television show
, on which they confirmed the UK release date of their debut EP
Leave It On.
Whitey,
The Futureheads,
Gang of Four and
Tapes 'n Tapes in locations such as
London,
New York City,
Chicago and
Toronto. In February 2007, they released the single, "Basis of Everything", to coincide with US dates in
New York City and a series of performances at
South by South West. and later received a nomination for the
Choice Music Prize. they supported the
Dave Matthews Band at the
Point Theatre on 23 May 2007, and went on to open for
Arctic Monkeys at
Malahide Castle on two separate dates in June 2007. The single "Stop" was released in July. A second EP,
Do You Realise, was released in November, The band also performed at the Razz Club in
Barcelona,
Spain. and the
Drogheda Arts Festival.
The Irish Times noted their performance in Pet Sounds on the Sunday of
Oxegen 2008 by reminiscing upon their performance from two years previously in front of a smaller crowd early on a Sunday morning. Performances of the singles "Basis of Everything" and "The Rules" at Oxegen 2008 were described as having "the kind of hummable sheen that sounds as perfect at a festival as on the radio".
Brief split
The band's overall low profile in 2008 was initially thought to be due to them spending time working on their second album. Delorentos announced their break-up on 17 February 2009. The band's farewell tour includes shows in
Whelan's in
Dublin and
Cyprus Avenue in
Cork. Reaction to the split was generally one of shock –
The Kinetiks were amongst the neighbouring bands they had influenced,
Jacqui Carroll attributed her discovery of Irish music to an early Delorentos show, whilst
blogger
UnaRocks,
John Walshe of
State,
Jonnie Craig and others had recently been championing the band's sound. Following the split, it was announced that three songs and videos by Delorentos, "Basis of Everything", "Do You Realise" and "The Rules", would be made available to download for the
PlayStation 3 karaoke video game,
SingStar. Yourell later explained that the band signing away their independent stance only to be let down by their record company had "knocked us out of our stride" and had led to him considering his future.
You Can Make Sound
The second album by Delorentos,
You Can Make Sound, was released on DeloRecords on Friday 9 October 2009 in Ireland. They co-presented an edition of
The Last Splash with
Alison Curtis on
Today FM on 20 December. In 2010, they appeared on
TG4 music series
Ceol Ar An Imeall. They
represented Ireland in the
Eurosonic Festival in
Groningen,
Netherlands in January 2010.
You Can Make Sound is to be released in the Netherlands in March 2010. On March 19, the band were announced as one of the first acts expected to perform at 2010's
Indiependence. They headlined Livestock in
Kells, County Meath on 5 June 2010.
Style and influences
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Delorentos are known for their attractive guitar sound full of hooks and harmonies. Conlan and Yourell like
The Band, whilst Conlan and McCormick like
The Redneck Manifesto.
Delorentos were chosen as the Best Student Artist in the UK and Ireland at the National Student Music Awards on 31 March 2005. as well as "Best Irish Band" and "Best Irish Album" in 2008. They lost out on the 2008 Best Irish Band award to veteran rockers Aslan. In Love with Detail was nominated for the Choice Music Prize in 2007, losing out to Super Extra Bonus Party's self-titled LP. The album also won 2007's Róisín Dubh Album of the Year, given by the Róisín Dubh in Galway. In February 2008 they won The Irish World's "Best New Band" Award in London.
They were nominated in two categories at the 2010 Meteor Awards: Best Irish Band and Best Irish Pop Act. That same year the band were successful in the Entertainment.ie Annual Awards picking up the Best Album of the previous year award.
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| 2005 || Delorentos || National Student Music Prize ||
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| 2005 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Hope for 2006 ||
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| 2006 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Best New Band ||
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| 2007 || In Love with Detail || Róisín Dubh Album of the Year ||
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| 2008 || In Love with Detail || Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year 2007 ||
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| 2008 || In Love with Detail || Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Album ||
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| 2008 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Band ||
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| 2008 || Delorentos || The Irish World's Best New Band Award ||
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| 2010 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Band ||
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| 2010 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Pop Act ||
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| 2010 || You Can Make Sound || entertainment.ie Awards – Best Album ||
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References
External links
Official site
Delorentos at MUZU TV
Delorentos at Channel 4
Chart details
Band profile at windowsmedia.com
Interview with CLUAS
Delorentos on Other Voices
The Cafe in 2006 and 2007
Photos from a Whelan's show in 2006
Photos from concert at Bloom in 2006.
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Category:2000s music groups
Category:Irish alternative rock groups
Category:Music from Dublin (city)
Category:Musical groups established in 2005
