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Se Delan Releases Lyric Video to Coincide with Latest Album

On By Bryan MoreyIn progressive rockLeave a comment

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June 28, 2016

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SE DELAN LAUNCHES “BLUE BIRD” LYRIC VIDEO
Sophomore album “Drifter” out now on Kscope
LONDON, England – Se Delan, the dark, alternative, new-wave duo made up of multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves (Crippled Black Phoenix) and Swedish singer Belinda Kordic, has launched a lyric video for the track “Blue Bird” from its recently released sophomore album, Drifter. Stream the new video clip on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIZZtF3PFs4 or Vimeo at: https://vimeo.com/163676597.
Se Delan vocalist Belinda Kordic comments on the song: “As the world is going to serious shits (with a big no thanks to mankind), which the media so generously reminds us of every single day, I retreat to the comfort that there may be a higher being out there. Being grateful and finding joy in the little things in life gives me hope and keeps me grounded.”
The follow-up to 2014’s The Fall, Se Delan set about to make an album that felt raw, more natural and human. Together with their shared influences (“music, film and life”) and a mutual understanding of the way each other works has led to Se Delan creating an album that musically and lyrically looks at madness and how the line between sanity and insanity can at times appear frighteningly thin.
Drifter takes the slow and dreamy nature of the music from the duo’s debut album The Falland moves it to a far darker place through the lyrics and layers of sound that pulsate throughout the record. By giving up all pretentions and just following their hearts, Justin and Belinda recorded (with Ritchie Chappell at Tripdown Studio) in a way that simply captures how they felt as humanly as possible.
Stream Drifter in its entirety via SoundCloud at: https://soundcloud.com/kscopemusic/sets/se-delan-drifter-album-stream.

Purchase Drifter now on CD and 180g black vinyl via the Kscope store at: www.kscopemusic.com/store and digitally via iTunes at: http://smarturl.it/DRIFTER_DIGITAL.

1. Going Home
2. Ruined by Them
3. Blue Bird
4. All I Am
5. In Obscura
6. Blueprint
7. Shadowbox(ers)
8. Gently Bow Out
9. She’s Wild
10. Fear No Ghosts
Stay tuned for more information on Se Delan and Drifter, out now on Kscope.
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Se Delan is:
 
Justin Greaves – all instruments
Belinda Kordic – words & voices
guided by 1000 ravenous skulls.
Se Delan online:

RochaNews: Se Delan’s New Album

On By bradbirzerIn progressive rockLeave a comment
SE DELAN DETAILS NEW ALBUM “DRIFTER”
Sophomore album out April 29 on Kscope
LONDON, England – Se Delan, the dark, alternative, new-wave duo made up of multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves and Swedish singer Belinda Kordic will release its new album Drifter on April 29 (June 3 in France) via Kscope. Drifter is available to pre-order now on CD and 180g black vinyl via the Kscope webstore at: www.kscopemusic.com/store with a digital pre-order to follow.
The follow-up to 2014’s The Fall, the pair set about to make an album that felt raw, more natural and human. Together with their shared influences (“music, film and life”) and a mutual understanding of the way each other works has led to Se Delan creating an album that musically and lyrically looks at madness and how the line between sanity and insanity can at times appear frighteningly thin.
Vocalist Belinda comments: “Sometimes it can take a lot of effort and hard work to stay grounded and stay on the right side of that line. Life vs Death. The unknown (and cats).”
Drifter takes the slow and dreamy nature of the music from the duo’s debut album The Falland moves it to a far darker place through the lyrics and layers of sound that pulsate throughout the record. By giving up all pretentions and just following their hearts, Justin and Belinda recorded (with Ritchie Chappell at Tripdown Studio) in a way that simply captures how they felt as humanly as possible.
Justin states: “We don’t write songs in any way with this big concept in mind. We just put our thoughts into words and feelings into music, whatever they may be.”
Stay tuned for more information on Se Delan and Drifter, out this spring on Kscope.
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Se Delan is:
 
Justin Greaves – all instruments
Belinda Kordic – words & voices
guided by 1000 ravenous skulls.
Se Delan online:
Press on The Fall:
“A haunting piece that gets in your head and won’t go away” – Noisey
“You will become hooked to their haunting sound” – Never Enough Notes
“An impressive beginning” – Team Rock
“Few ears could resist the tractor beam of such beautiful and entrancing music” – Under The Radar Magazine
“Eerie prog-rock with a side of skull-splitting riffage and apocalyptically angelic vocal” – CMJ
“A deeply felt and hugely atmospheric record that speaks of greater triumphs ahead.” – Echoes & Dust

The Siren Songs of Se Delan

On By Thaddeus WertIn progressive rock music1 Comment

Se Delan Cover There are music labels, and there are music labels. By which I mean: occasionally a label appears that maintains such a high quality roster of artists, and its production is so consistently excellent, that discerning listeners will buy anything that label releases. 4AD (home of Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Lush, and This Mortal Coil, among others) was such a label for many music fans in the ’80s and ’90s. ZTT was another, with its over-the-top Trevor Horn productions, and copious and entertaining liner notes that more often than not baffled rather than illuminated the reader.

In this decade, KScope has become the go-to label for fans of edgy and intelligent music. One of my first posts (back in 2012) on Progarchy was a brief overview of KScope’s roster of “post-progressive” artists. Since then, they have expanded their offerings to include many new artists, and the latest star in their constellation is Se Delan (pronounced “say deh-LAN”, it’s Old English for “the deep”.). Consisting of multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves (Crippled Black Phoenix) and singer Belinda Kordic (Killing Mood), their début album, The Fall, is a seductive, languorous gem that sneaks up on you and draws you into its dark beauty before you’re even aware of it.

Kordic’s breathy vocals bring to mind early Lush, while Greave’s acoustic-based compositions sound relatively simple until you allow yourself to be carried away by the multilayered deep grooves he develops. The songs feature slow yet insistent beats, punctuated by spaced-out bursts of bluesy guitar (i.e. the outstanding track, “Dirge”). If Twin Peaks were airing today, this album would be the perfect soundtrack.

Kordic’s lyrics imbue the music with a sense of  the surreal, while expressing a resigned longing:

Tonight, as you sleep

Time to let go

of those haunted thoughts

that keep you so damned low.

Dream…Tonight….Dream…

from “Tonight”

The only misstep is “The Hunt” – a dissonant track that doesn’t really fit the mood of the rest of the album. However, the closing song, “Lost Never Found” has an absolutely heartbreaking and spare beauty to it. Beginning with an unaccompanied piano, Kordic eventually sings a few lines while a violin softly enters. Drums, bass, and guitars join in and bring the song to a stirring conclusion. Fans of Nosound will love it.

With The Fall, Se Delan have delivered a very impressive début. The first listen intrigues, the second pleases, the third leaves you somewhat discomfited and wanting more. Here’s hoping this is not a one-time collaboration.