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Delphic : 'Halcyon'

Delphic : 'Halcyon'

 

Released: Out Now!

Label: Polydor

 

Ah, the unstoppable rise of Delphic. I’ve always had a soft spot for Delphic as they do have a habit of writing a few beautiful tracks and are clearly quite accomplished song-writers. And here, in “Halcyon” there are definitely moments of that. There are some lovely breakdowns where melodies shimmer, vocals shine through the haze and with the sun shining in through the window, everything seems right with the world. 

Unfortunately, though, this is offset by vocal lines that smack of 90’s cheese indie bands and synths that stray almost a little close to the trance side of the spectrum. Which, of course, leaves me at a slight moral t-junction. Taking the levels of positive into account against the negative I think the former just about firmly ouutways the latter, so bring on that left turn into the setting sun over the west coast and let us have a blessed out summer on the beach with the Delphic boys. Oh, and there’s also the fact that the Julio Bashmore remix is an absolute stunner.



Words: James Hoste

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