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Named after a Spanish
cyclist, the delgado's career's been
a bit of an uphill struggle. But thanks to the
recent Mercury Music Prize nomination they're
beginning to coast along in free-wheel.
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Recognition for whatever you
do is something everybody craves. But for Scottish
band the delgados, it's been a long time
coming. After five years of peddling near perfect
pop, their fantastic The Great Eastern album
was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize:
it never rains but it pours.
'It was surreal, like someone winning the national
lottery – it always happens to someone else
but you,' says bassist Stewart Henderson from behind
TV-screen sunglasses. 'But no matter what you think
of awards or what they stand for, it was nice to
get a nomination.'
Very nice. Because The Great Eastern is an
album that nearly didn't get made, according to
drummer Paul Savage. 'Having recorded the album
we ended up having to scrap all the mixes, making
us think we can't do it… I thought it was shit.'
he says.
Legendary Mercury
Rev producer Dave Fridmann was brought
in to rescue the record, stripping back the sound
to create an album that's the complete antithesis
of shit. 'When the record was finally finished I
felt more proud than with the previous last two
put together,' says Stewart.
'I feel like anyone who listens
to it objectively will hear everything that makes
us special… people who haven't heard us before should
listen to this and think "fucking hell, that's a
great record."'
And it is, as the music press and John Peel attest.
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