The Deloreans - "American Craze"

Unknown Friday, January 07, 2011 11 comments

What is to be said about an album that perfectly satisfies exactly why you love music? Running WLFY for three years now, Hank and I have tried to listen to four-five albums a day, juggle suggestions from friends/fellow bloggers, and dig through endless singles to bring our readers what we consider to be a match for our specific taste. Recently my brother Nick (who runs the Brooklyn Vegan of Louisville music called Backseat Sandbar) was dropped off a vinyl from a local band called The Deloreans. I was in the middle of watching a movie and was pissed off when we had to stop the flick to play the record. After the first two tracks, I sat in the living room stunned...this is what I've been looking for in music. At the end of the night, Nick and I had played the record seven times, flip and needle drop over and over. I'll try my best to describe the sound, influences, all the standard blogger writing...but I really want you to listen to the opening two tracks that are provided at the end of the post.

My immediate comparison is Morning Benders meets Bobby Vinton with an infusion of 70's punk in moments. The A side keeps to the first comparison, but once you flip the record, there are moments of Titus Andronicus, the Wizard Of Oz Soundtrack, and the whole record sounds like it was recorded by the genius Joe Meek (Opening track has a nice "Telstar" moment). Currently there is this trend of bands who are making music not defined by a single decade. Cults, Tennis, Destroyer's new record, Twin Sister, Ariel Pink, and many more are taking little qualities of the 60's, 70's, 80's and infusing them in such a way that the sound becomes their own. While I love most of the bands listed above, nobody has a better handle on this timeless way of creating music than The Deloreans. Their knowledge of music and the sonic qualities of each of these decades has been so carefully examined and strategically manipulated on "American Craze" that the sound is familiar yet nothing you've heard before. I could talk for hours about my love for this record and I will on my full review that I plan to release near their album release date (Jan 18th), but for now, check out the opening tracks of the album.

I hope you enjoy, listen to the tracks on headphones or a good system...while you listen I'm going to spin "Buffalo" over and over.

The Deloreans - "American Craze" (Release Date Jan 18th, 2011) (LP and CD pre-order HERE)

11 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Buffalo sounds like Arcade Fire if they were in the 60's.
AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 6:13 PM
Sounds like a rip-off of Elephant by The White Stripes to me. They even used another type of animal for the title. I guess originality is hard to come by these days. Lyrics and vocals are laughable at best.
Zach ThatJanuary 7, 2011 at 6:21 PM
Don't hear White Stripes at all. Vocals are amazing.
AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 8:28 PM
I believe you meant Icky Thump by The White Stripes. The chorus does sound similar.
AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 9:40 PM
Thanks for posting this. This is a killer track. White Stripes? Seriously? Wow. Wrong era, wrong genre, wrong everything. I know, I know, don't feed the trolls...
KassprinklesJanuary 7, 2011 at 11:18 PM
Buffalo is a hell of a song and Gatsby is pretty chill. Very 60's esque but tinges of 80's and 70's for sure.
JimJanuary 7, 2011 at 11:50 PM
Nice songs. Way too much reverb. Not as bad as some bands though. Reverb is like the new autotune or something.

Also a semi-unfortunate name, what with there being a band called Delorean already. I did enjoy the songs, though.
nicholasJanuary 10, 2011 at 1:22 PM
Wow. WOW. Liked these two tracks quite a bit. I got a lot of Morning Benders, mid-era Beatles, Explorers Club, etc. Liked the reverb sound, enjoyed the lyrics, thought this was great.
Tfrenc19April 8, 2011 at 2:23 AM
A new comment-- this band is great. Very original music, no rip offs that I can hear. The release party at Zanzabar was packed, you could not breathe! The vocals are amazing, granted I am a little bias, the Pilcher kid is my brother. But I have heard him sing and play guitar since he was in middle school, and he has improved quite a bit! I loved the first album and he was not in the band yet, so maybe I'm not being too biased. Wonderful music, a group to watch for from Louisville! Jeremy, Loren, Bill, and Megan rock!
pharmacySeptember 27, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Great post! Keep it up the good work and also keep posting.
rxmexNovember 2, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Ok well I think this is other style of music and that's perfect because sometimes we're totally sick to listen the same garbage all time and this is something really different.