Delphic // Acolyte
Delphic - Acolyte.
Sometimes bands feature in the music press so often that you form a pretty strong opinion about them before you’ve even heard their album or been to one of their gigs. Delphic seem to be everywhere at the moment, so I was wary of having unreasonable expectations of their debut. Current single 'Doubt’ is a prime example of their fusion of indie dance and wears its influences proudly on its sleeve, with a guitar solo that sounds like it could have been sampled from a forgotten New Order track. The rest of the album maintains this high standard, and should appeal to fans of Bloc Party, The Rapture or The Chemical Brothers. Opener 'Clarion Call’ builds slowly to a rousing finale, ‘Halcyon’ evokes hands in the air euphoria and the epic title track, which clocks in at almost 9 minutes, is a stormer. Not every track’s an unqualified success, but there’s nothing that makes you want to skip to the next one. Overall this is a great album and I’ll be very surprised if these guys don’t end the year with a big hit on their hands.
8/10 Jimmy James
