Faded Seaside Glamour [Import]

1. Wanderlust

2. Nearer Than Heaven

3. Long Time Coming

4. Bedroom Scene

5. No Ending

6. You Wear the Sun

7. Hey Girl

8. Stay Where You Are

9. There's Water Here

10. Satellites Lost

11. One Night Away

12. On

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Hampshire four-piece Delays are the best thing to emerge from Southampton since Le God menaced opposition teams at the Dell. They produce the sound of the West Coast mixed with the epic atmospherics that only wind-swept winters on a British beach can evok

Tracks:

Wanderlust
Nearer Than Heaven
Long Time Coming
Bedroom Scene
No Ending
You Wear The Sun
Hey Girl
Stay Where You Are
There's Water Here
Satellites Lost
One Night Away
On

Amazon.com

Delays singer-guitarist Greg Gilbert has such an incredible voice that he might be the only man in rock who has drawn comparisons to both Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks and the Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser. That's just the first sign that this English band is not just another standard-issue moody Coldplay knockoff. Instead, the music on its debut album conjures the blissed-out guitar-and-grooves sound of classic English groups like the Stone Roses and the La's, with each of the three opening songs delivering devastating knockouts. The rest of the disc doesn't easily repeat the feat but the band's exuberant spirit easily carries through. -- Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

took me a while, but i got there in the end !!.......2006-02-23

my friend used to play this album constantly as we took long four hour drives to her parents house...and even over our chatting i couldnt help but pick up on the catchy melodies and interesting vocal harmonies...yeh amazing there are no females voices

as many have said in their reviews here the first three songs do grab you instantly, but are they the strongest on the album ?...18 months ago i'd have said definately...but after buying the album for myself and incessant playing of it now im not so sure, the others really do grow on you, for me its strong all the way through....

as with any band that produces such a killer debut album there's a huge pressure to continue that success with their second attempt and sadly many bands fail...well, they've just released a new single here in England called Valentine and its superb, im off to see them live in three days time and im anxious to hear their new material....hopefully they'll produce the goods again and the next album with recieve just as many if not more glowing reviews...fingers crossed :-)

etheral rock.......2005-09-29

i am so tempted to give this record 5 stars, but i'll have to settle with four (for now). when i first heard this album, it did not grab me at all. it just went over my head. i'm not sure why. the songs are great, the singer has a very very distinct and beautiful voice, and the instrumentation is lush and creative...maybe almost too creative for it's own good at times. there are pop hooks a'plenty on this album...but they are cleverly buried amongst the layers of chiming bells, haunting keyboards, and heavenly vocals. sometimes the production doesn't allow the sharp beauty of these elements to properly stand out at first; but i can guarentee with repeated exposure, you'll find yourself listening closer with each spin. "Hey Girl" is probably the standout single on here (due to it's masterful simplicity), but "You Wear The Sun" and "Bedroom Scene" are much more challenging songs and the better for it. the Delays are like the Byrds crossed with the Cocteau Twins. harmonies of heavenly angels and etheral rock that is really like none other. certainly worth investigation.

Thank you, Blender Magazine, for turning me onto this band.......2005-04-14

I'm not going to dazzle you with smart "rock-critic" witticisms or band comparisons ... just tell you that this sound kicks (...).

The awesome thing about them is that a lot of their B-sides (only available on the import singles ... or 'net d/l) are at least as good or BETTER than their album tracks! A few of THOSE that stood out to me (and it would be worth your time to seek them out) are Quiet, Zero Zero One, Overlover, Safety in Numbers, Way Smooth ...

If you're getting burned out on all the garbage music in the world ... give this a shot. And this, coming from a guy who normally listens to music mixed/made with two Technics 1200s.

a rare, amazing album.......2005-03-23

it's been a long time since i've randomly listened to the radio and just had my soul grabbed by a song. and it's been even longer since i've bought an album that has done the same. when i heard delays 'stay where you are' on 97x (www.woxy.com) a few months ago, i had to stop everything i was doing and just listen. the harmonies, the heavenly, jangly pop sound... it was awesome. and somehow i had this feeling that the rest of the album would be similar. from the first notes of the steel drums on 'wanderlust' to the ending harmonies of 'on,' the entire cd had me absolutely spell bound. it still does.

yes, as previous reviewers have noted, the first three tracks are strong. but i'd also include 'stay where you are' and 'on' in the strong tracks category. some tracks are more upbeat than others, but that's cool with me as the sound of the entire album is so consistently beautiful that i think it works whether happy or sad.

buy this album. it's beautiful. it resonates with every sad longing for a return to innocence, every desire to go somewhere more enticing and exotic than where you are right now. so cheesy, i know, but it's like a soundtrack for your soul.

Good, but not Great Debut.......2005-02-15

This summery record took me a bit by surprise when I first heard it. Wanderlust, a cracking opener for the album, made me buy it without listening to the rest. However, where Wanderlust, Long Time Coming, and Hey Girl leave the listener feeling up-beat, with a bounce in their step, somehow the majority of the rest of the album doesn't quite fulfill the potential offered by these songs. Yes, they're still fairly chirpy, but they lack something; that extra kick. The latter part of the album is pretty much missable, which is a shame becase Delays (they hate having a "the" put before their name, even though it blatantly requires one!) show a massive amount of potential. I'm looking forward to hearing the follow-up.

Also, if you like this kind of music, you may want to check out bands such as Geneva and Puressence - similar vocal and song structures (although possibly not quite as happy and bouncy).

Average customer rating:

Don't listen to this other guy
Don't bother

Faded Seaside Glamour
Delays
Manufacturer: Rough Trade Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

Wanderlust
Nearer Than Heaven
Long Time Coming
Bedroom Scene
No Ending
You Wear the Sun
Hey Girl
Stay Where You Are
There's Water Here
Satellites Lost
One Night Away
On

Customer Reviews:

Don't listen to this other guy.......2007-06-18

I can't believe anyone could call this album terrible and anyone who does should think about having their head candled cause there's definitely some kind of wax build up preventing you from hearing the shear beauty of this record. I feel like every time I listen to it that I'm transported to another world. Sorry I didn't mean to disregard someone else's opinion (you are certainly entitled to it) but I couldn't have an album as magical as this one represented by only two stars either because it's so much more than that!

Don't bother.......2007-02-19

I won this cd from WEQX two or three years ago. It's terrible.

Average customer rating:

Melodious And Edgy

Faded Seaside Glamour
Delays
Manufacturer: Rough Trade
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Wanderlust
Nearer Than Heaven
Long Time Coming
Bedroom Scene
No Ending
You Wear the Sun
Hey Girl
Stay Where You Are
There's Water Here
Satellites Lost
One Night Away
On

Tracks:

Nearer Than Heaven [Promo Video][*]
Long Time Coming [Promo Video][*]
Hey Girl [Promo Video][*]
Wanderlust [Live][*][Multimedia Track]
Bedroom Scene [Live][*][Multimedia Track]
On [Live][*][Multimedia Track]
One Night Away [Live][*][Multimedia Track]
Stay Where You Are [Live][*][Multimedia Track]

Customer Reviews:

Melodious And Edgy.......2006-12-23

Caught these guys in a televised concert last year, and was immediately hooked by their performance of 'Long Time Coming' and the falsetto of lead singer Greg Gilbert. I started searching for something on the band, and with the internet being what it is, found 'Faded Seaside Glory' at Amazon.

In addition to 'Long Time', I found the tracks 'Hey Girl' and 'Wanderlust' particularly well arranged and performed. There is actully not a weak cut on the album, and the videos on the second disc are just a bonus.

I suppose I would catagorize Delays as a fusion of pop, garage band, Beach Boys and Korgi's, with the ambience of a little seaside glory thrown in. They deserve a wider audience across the pond in the U.S. And, their follow-up release; 'You See Colours' proves it!

Average customer rating:

Fine debut album of melodic pop
Album of the year
REALLY, REALLY Good stuff here
Frequent High Rotation

Faded Seaside Glamour
Delays
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000TCMFC
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Album Description

Signed to Rough Trade at the beginning of 2003, THE DELAYS are described as tech-friendly British Byrds, crazed acousti-rock with a fresh flowering of florid, ethereal future-pop. Packed with sumptuous West Coast harmonies; cloud- busting falsetto vocals full of beauteous yearning, splendid desolation & synth atmospherics. A 'Cathedral Of Sound'. If one characteristic defines Delays debut album 'Faded Seaside Glamour', it's delicious, duvet-wrapped melancholy and sunburnt devastation. This is a record mournful of its past but with a dizzy fervour to go out and devour the world. This Japanese version features the enhanced video to 'Long Time Coming'. Labels / Rough Trade Japan. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Fine debut album of melodic pop.......2004-07-09

Melody is such a lost art these days that a band like the Delays that remembers how to use it really stands out. This is their debut album, and it's a fine one that fans of melodic bands like Travis should check out. Singer/guitarist Greg Gilbert has a very feminine sounding voice--he sounds like Stevie Nicks with a sore throat. The band is a four piece that gives keyboards and guitar equal weight, with no soloing. The focus is placed on the songs rather than the playing.

"Nearer Than Heaven" is the clear standout track, the catchiest song I've heard all year. "Wanderlust" and "Long Time Coming" are the other best songs on the album. Since these are the first three songs, the album makes a fantastic first impression, one that the rest of the album can't fully live up to. "Wanderlust" and "Nearer Than Heaven" sound something like a more accessible Cocteau Twins, but the rest of the album shows classic rock influences. "Hey Girl" wouldn't have sounded out of place on the radio during the '60s.

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

Album of the year.......2004-05-21

This album simply blew me away. From the moment I played the first track I was taken to a magical world of angelic like vocals, beautifully crafted, haunting melodies and a mind full of dizzy skies and rainbows. Shroomadelica at its very best

REALLY, REALLY Good stuff here.......2004-05-06

I just picked this album up and it FAR exceded my expectations. I only saw a small blurb on them in NME comparing them to the Cocteau Twins and The La's. The Cocteau Twins influence is easy to hear, not so much The La's. I only give it 4 out of 5 stars at this point because I'm still getting used to it. Also--and definitely unfairly--the rest of the album doesn't match up to the first three tracks, which simply blew me away the first time I listened to the album. Do yourself a favor, go out and buy this. It's definitely one of the best albums I've heard in 2004.

Frequent High Rotation.......2004-04-10

Not since the likes of Portishead, Massive Attack or EBTG have I played a CD on such high rotation! This album has to be one of 2004's MUST HAVES. The introductory track Wanderlust, with it's haunting falsetto vocal offers a familiar style lyric throughout, setting an incredibly high standard on this album. Wonderful, well-crafted and gutsy guitar accompaniments, mixed with subtle samples, this album delivers massive WOW factor!

You'll be humming along to this in the car, tapping your feet commuting to work and dancing around your lounge room to the sound of Delays!

Tracks:

Wanderlust
Nearer Than Heaven
Long Time Coming
Bedroom Scene
No Ending
You Wear the Sun
Hey Girl
Stay Where You Are
There's Water Here
Satellites Lost
One Night Away
On

Album Description

Hampshire four-piece Delays are the best thing to emerge from Southampton since Le God menaced opposition teams at the Dell. They produce the sound of the West Coast mixed with the epic atmospherics that only wind-swept winters on a British beach can evok

Album Details

An Absolutely Stunning Debut Album that was Preceded by Three Hit Singles "Nearer Than Heaven", "Long Time Coming" and "Hey Girl". This is Pop in Its Purest Form with Excellent Songs and an Enticing, Pleasing Sound. "The First British Band in a Decade to Lay Serious Claim to the Melodic Guitar Pop Throne Invented by the Byrds and the Hollies and Last Occupied by the Stone Roses" Says the Guardian.

Customer Reviews:

Fine debut album of melodic pop.......2004-07-09

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

Amazing.......2004-04-23

Atmospheric, haunting, riveting....I received a promo copy of this CD, knowing nothing about the band (no cover art, no lyrics... nothing) and I started levitating right off the sofa as soon as I heard Greg Gilbert's vocals. Even though he has surely grown tired of the media endlessly comparing his vocals to Liz Fraser...he really DOES sound like her. Faded Seaside Glamour is amazing. It's one of those rare albums where you want to grab the artists and hug them and say "Thanks man, thanks for making music that speaks to my wounded little heart." Buy it, spin it, and sit back and listen as your friends stop, mid-conversation and say, who IS that???

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