Someone once called Delirious? the flag bearers
for a generation. Nice enough perhaps, but to those who choose
to listen they're more like the baggage handlers ** From church
halls to stadiums, home recordings to national airplay, part time
hobbies to life's body of work...but the numbers, the chic, the
polish are all unimportant: what has been truly impressive about
the Delirious? journey so far is their, well, it's their journey
**In 1994 the band's first incarnation - known
then as the Cutting Edge band - provided left of centre worship
for a hometown event. Looking back it's no surprise the direction
which the band travelled in, as the crowd in those days was a
mixture of church kids keen for something new and bemused locals
loving the atmosphere without fully knowing why. It was there
that songs like 'The Happy Song', 'I Could Sing of Your Love Forever'
and 'Lord You Have My Heart' first saw the light of day. They
are the songs that tell the story of passion and excitement, the
songs of innocence.
**The songs got out, the buzz turned into an epidemic
and Delirious? was formed. Singles were released, albums too and
by 1997 the whole thing had gone international. The journey offered
tracks like 'Deeper', 'Sanctify' and 'History Maker'; songs that
added massive doses of ambition and confidence to the intimacy
of the early work. These are songs of a people on the move, the
songs of optimism.
** With more albums came more success. New countries
were visited, new friendships formed and the Delirious? message
caught the attention of an intrigued media and the songs? from
the hushed truth of 'Jesus' Blood' to the intense vulnerability
of their latest album 'Audio Lessonover?' Delirious? have made
camp once more. They may be a long way from home, but the surroundings
are strangely familiar: the honesty, the passion. Yet things are
a little older now, a little more well travelled, worn in over
years of heavy use. These are songs of reality and struggle, of
determination and resolution, these are songs of experience. **
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