Delorentos

With a decade under their belt, Delorentos have headlined festivals, crisscrossed the country multiple times and bagged Choice Prize nominations for three of their four albums, including one win for ‘Little Sparks’.

Yes, Delorentos are back with one of the Irish albums of the year: a delightful indie-pop gem full of energy and melody.

Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland

Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland

Delorentos could have been forgiven for thinking they had finally reached pop’s promised land when they signed to Universal Music in 2014. Alas,; . It also led to an eventual parting from Universal, with the band striking out on their own for their forthcoming fifth collection,

Not many people would have predicted, back in 2006, that of the slew of landfill-indie Irish acts (Director, the Flaws, the Rags, the Blizzards), Delorentos would emerge on top, even going stronger in 2015.

Indeed they had made the immense space of the concert hall feel as cosy as the main room in Whelan’s their charisma and honesty as they performed was infectious and filled the venue with a sort of homely atmosphere.