Deeper: 10 Years in the making
Last modified: 07 Jan 2002
Artist: Delirious?
Label: Furious Records
Date: 07 Jan 2002
Someone once called Delirious? the flag bearers for a generation. Nice enough perhaps, but to those that choose to listen they're more like the baggage handlers.
The last ten years has seen everything grow from church hall to stadium, home recordings to national airplay, part-time hobby to life's body of work. However, the numbers, the chic and the polish are all unimportant: what has been truly impressive about the journey so far is...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 in which the band travelled, 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 the songs of a people on the move, the songs of optimism.
With more albums came fresh challenges and more opportunities to spread d:vibe. 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 the latest album, 'Audio Lessonover?', camp has been made 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 wiser now, better travelled and worn in over years of heavy use. These are the songs of reality and struggle, of determination and resolution, these are the songs of experience...