Local rockers Delivery have just released their sophomore album Force Majeure via Heavenly Recordings, a label with a long history of championing young Australian bands, from The Vines to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Confidence Man. The 12 track album packs a punch with walls of guitars that bite and scratch, a locked down rhythm section and four voices singing, taking the listener through an explosive musical journey.
Opening with the controlled explosion of recent single 'Digging The Hole', the track is three and a half minutes of precise forward motion that's heavy enough to do serious damage, brilliantly breaking down into a percussive middle eight before one final burst of fireworks that feels powerful enough that it could propel the listener through a brick wall. Follow up single 'Operating At A Loss' starts with a rumble of drums and predatory bass before it explodes out of the speakers. At the points where the foot is taken off the gas, the band enter post punk territory on 'The New Alphabet' and the wonderfully Wire-ish 'What Else'.
Force Majure is an urgent, joyous noise that builds hugely on the promise of their debut (Forever Giving Handshakes) and acts as a calling card from your new favourite honest rock’n’roll band.
Celebrating their latest release, Delivery join Phil MacDougall on Sunglasses After Dark for an exclusive Studio 5 Live performance. Tune in on Thursday February 13 from 8pm for this intimate session.
