Described by Rolling Stone magazine as the best Australian album of 2022, Forever Giving Handshakes by Melbourne’s upcoming garage-punks, Delivery, gets its well deserved UK release on May 19th, on Anti-Fade/ Spoilsport / Feel It Records.
Ahead of the release the band have a single out, Poor To Middling Moneymaking, which mixes fast-paced, spiky, angular garage riffs with laser-tight drumming and driving, catchy melodies, making it a live-show fave. It was the very first song that Delivery pieced together, by James Lynch and Rebecca Allan in lockdown of 2020.
“A funny thing about Poor To Middling is that you can kinda hear us trialling out a bunch of different ideas for what the band might sound like – straight rhythmic ideas and then constantly shifting chord progressions, shouty vocals crossed with more melodic hooks, weird time signatures and plenty of random quirks that we never got rid of,” explains singer James Lynch. “We released a demo version of this track before we’d even fully committed to starting a new band – I guess releasing it ended up being a bit of a confidence boost though because Delivery’s dynamic didn’t change too much from there. It is funny thinking back that we were probably just throwing stuff at the wall to see what would stick, and in the end, the majority of it somehow stuck, ha-ha!”
Following the introduction of the synth-punk single Baader Meinhoff, Poor To Middling Moneymaking is the second single to be release from Delivery’s debut album Forever Giving Handshakes – a 12-track garage-punk opus, their five distinct voices simultaneously pulling songs in different directions while an undeniable chemistry reveals a combined hive mind ascending on a clear group mission… to rock.
The band will be heading to the UK for their debut UK tour this May. Find all of the dates below and witness their amazing live show personally, where maybe, you could even play live onstage with them…
The band have put out a request to find guest saxophone players to join them on stage at each date in Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds, London, and Brighton. If you can blow a reed and would like to join the band on stage to help, then get in touch with them on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/delivery_lyf/
See Delivery live in the UK on tour this May at:
Wed 3rd May SHEFFIELD DELICIOUS CLAM – Tickets
Fri 5th May MANCHESTER BIG HANDS – Tickets
Sat 6th May GLASGOW FLYING DUCK – Tickets
Sun 7th May LEEDS HYDE PARK BOOK CLUB – Tickets
Tue 9th May LONDON SHACKLEWELL ARMS Tickets
Wed 10th May BRISTOL EXCHANGE – Tickets
Delivery are:
James Lynch – vocals, guitar, synth
Rebecca Allan – vocals, bass
Lisa Rashleigh – vocals, guitar
Sam Harding – vocals, guitar, synth
Daniel Devlin – drums, backing vocals
Watch the new video here, or stream track here.
