Delorentos

Delorentos, Dublin-based four-piece band, released their debut album "In Love with Detail" on the independent Irish label Cottage on 20th April. This has gotten them some pretty complimentary comments by the press and music media.

Hot Press gave "In Love with Detail" 9 out of 10 and called it "the first truly great Irish album of 2007 and the finest debut from a home-grown act in years." On Soundsxp.com Delorentos are described as having a "Ready Brek glow of gravitas, ability and that certain, peculiar something most bands simply don't possess."

Delorentos would be classified as Garage/Indie/Alternative. They played at Club Head Bang Bang in the Greyhound Bar recently, with the support of local band Stupid Betty. Standing in the hallowed ground of Club Head Bang Bang, dark and alive with intelligent young music lovers, their sound to me seemed to be mainly punk influenced, though tight, controlled, more clinical than chaotic.

They don't speak to the heart. Or perhaps it's more true to say they don't appease the emotions. Their music is more enervating and energising than soothing or healing. Passionate? Yes. It's that type of passion that is particularly young and masculine. It might strike one as hackneyed but it's probably as honest as any group of musicians in their twenties can be. Or any of us for that matter.

Delorentos have been together for less than two years. Up to the release of "In Love with Detail" they released the EP "Leave it On" and the single "The Rules". Both went into the Irish charts, with "The Rules" reaching No 14 in May 2006.

Last year they featured on the popular and influential television series recorded in Dingle "Other Voices: Songs from a Room" and they were even nominated as the Best New Irish band at the Irish Meteor Awards.

Along with Kila, they will be supporting the giantess of Irish music, Sinead O'Connor, at Dublin Castle on Sunday 6th May. It can probably be concluded that they are going places.

For more information on the band please visit www.delorentos.net. For more information on Club Head Bang Bang please log onto www.clubheadbangbang.org