DEL REY Live Update

Chicagoan post-rock wizards DEL REY continue to book more area gigs, recently confirming a new upcoming headlining performance at Subterranean on December 9th. The band are slowly but surely booking more live shows as their family lives allow them to, and have just inked a booking partnership with Bunce Booking [Caspian, Irepress, Mose Giganticus, etc.] and have more widespread regional performances being planned now for the month of February and beyond. More info will be announced as it is confirmed.

These ongoing live performances and interviews are in support of the band's glorious fourth full-lengthImmemorial, which was released in late September via At A Loss Recordings in North America and Golden Antenna in Europe. The seven track opus crushes any preconceived notions of overdone post-rock repetition one might have, giving new life and growth to the over-saturated genre with their suave but punishing dual-drummer attack, intensely layered atmospheric qualities and an overall entrancing and potent output.

The entire Immemorial album still available for public streaming courtesy of At A Loss Recordings:http://www.atalossrecordings.com/Immemorial.htm

DEL REY Live:

12/9/2010 Subterranean - Chicago, IL w/ Miracle Condition, Killer Moon

"Don Caballero and Slint are obvious touchstones, but the group’s hearty and hypnotic amalgam hews closer to Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky. Slow-burning guitars erupt into a detuned horde in the 11-minute opus “Return of the Son of Fog Rider.” Like a post-hardcore suite, the song drifts in and out of dynamic waves while two drummers work in tandem." - Time Out Chicago

"The near-epic album seems to generate its own weather system as it swings between shorter, atmospheric passages like 'Innumeracy,' a two-minute breather as weightless and haunting as a passing apparition, and swirling monsters like 'Return of the Son of Fog Rider,' a densely-layered, 11-minute-plus storm surge of mechanical percussion and burnished guitar." - Metromix Chicago

"When there’s no vocalist, folks tend to spend more time picking apart each instrument, its associated player. Longstanding Chi-Town quintet Del Rey solve that 'problem' with their signature two-drummer/double-kit builds and crashes and a denser, more atmospherically layered sound." - Stereogum

"Prog heads will grasp onto the experimental elements, psychedelonauts will want to be dragged along the jamming peyote desert floor..." - The Obelisk

"...Del Ray blends a heavy and sonic brew of heavy psychedelic, Afro-Cuban and tribal rhythms, improvisational jams, and just about everything truly awesome into their vivid neo-psychedelic instrumental trips through audio bliss!" - Hellride Music

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DEL REY Album Released Today; Record Release Show Nears

The release of DEL REY's mesmerizing new full-length Immemorial is upon us, being released on North American shores via At A Loss Recordings today! The seven track opus takes any preconceived notions of bland, overdone post-rock boredom one might have and crushes them completely. The suave but punishing dual drummer attack, intensely layered atmospheric qualities and overall entrancing empowerment of Immemorial is truly intense and memorable from start to finish.

The entire Immemorial album has been posted for streaming on the At A Loss Recordings website:http://www.atalossrecordings.com/Immemorial.htm

DEL REY will perform at a massive hometown record release show at Chicago's Lincoln Hall on October 8th in celebration of Immemorial's release. More live actions for the band will be announced sporadically throughout the year and into 2011, but if you're in the Chicago area, do yourself a favor and be there for the unveiling of the new album with the band and their hometown friends and fans.

DEL REY Record Release Show:

10/8/2010 Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL

"When there’s no vocalist, folks tend to spend more time picking apart each instrument, its associated player. Longstanding Chi-Town quintet Del Rey solve that “problem” with their signature two-drummer/double-kit builds and crashes and a denser, more atmospherically layered sound." - Stereogum

"Prog heads will grasp onto the experimental elements, psychedelonauts will want to be dragged along the jamming peyote desert floor 'These Children that Come at You with Knives' seems to be built on, and assholes will call it overrated hipster rock. Somewhere between all that, you're likely to find yourself a rich LP worthy of multiple engagements." - The Obelisk

"...Del Ray blends a heavy and sonic brew of heavy psychedelic, Afro-Cuban and tribal rhythms, improvisational jams, and just about everything truly awesome into their vivid neo-psychedelic instrumental trips through audio bliss!" - Hellride Music

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Del Rey - "These Children That Come At You With Knives"

(Live at The Empty Bottle)

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DEL REY: Entire Upcoming Album Streaming Now

With the release of Immemorial, the newest full length from Chicago post-rockers DEL REY, just a week away, Stereogum today posted the entire album for streaming! Stop by now to check out this mammoth, mesmerizing album:

http://stereogum.com/509701/stream-del-rey-immemorial-stereogum-premiere/franchises/haunting-the-chapel/

Immemorial will be released in North America on At A Loss Recordings on September 28th, and will see European release via Golden Antenna Records. At A Loss has made the album available for digital purchase today (7 songs @ 320 kbps w/ PDF booklet) at their new digital store.

In celebration of the album's unveiling, DEL REY have booked a hometown record release show at Chicago's Lincoln Hall on October 8th.

DEL REY Record Release Show:

10/8/2010 Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL

Del Rey - "These Children That Come At You With Knives"

(Live at The Empty Bottle)

Born in 1997 in the attic of a flat in Chicago's Ukrainian Village, DEL REY's music expands upon the post-rock and electronic roots of their native city, but their sonic palette also contains hints of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Afro-Cuban textures. Fueled by the band's furious double-drummer attack and stinging guitar work, these elements are deftly woven into songs that take on a life of their own.Immemorial builds on the cosmic soundscapes of DEL REY's previous material, but here they've channeled their energies into an even more evocative, melodic sound -- even incorporating the Chinese guzheng and Japansese taiko drumming into their Immemorial sound -- heightening the tension and release of each song. It's surely heavy, but in a clean, angular, and cinematic style that has been honed to perfection, making this the band's most ambitious offering to date.

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DEL REY Album To See North American Release Via At A Loss This September

At A Loss Recordings welcomes Chicago's sorcerers of atmospheric post-rock DEL REY to their ever-morphing roster, bringing the band's upcoming fourth full-length Immemorial to North American masses this September 28th (with a European release on Golden Antenna Records).

Born in 1997 in the attic of a flat in Chicago's Ukrainian Village, DEL REY's music expands upon the post-rock and electronic roots of their native city, but their sonic palette also contains hints of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Afro-Cuban textures. Fueled by the band's already furious double-drummer attack and stinging guitar work, these elements are deftly woven into songs that take on a life of their own.

Immemorial builds on the cosmic soundscapes and of DEL REY's previous work, but here they've channeled their energies into an even more evocative, melodic sound -- even incorporating the Chinese guzheng and Japansese taiko drumming into their Immemorial attack -- heightening the tension and release elements of each song. It's surely heavy, but in a clean, angular, and cinematic style that has been honed to perfection, making this the band's most ambitious offering to date.

Immemorial Track Listing:

1 Return of the Son of Fog Rider

2 E Pluribus Unicorn

3 Innumeracy

4 Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars

5 Ouisch

6 These Children That Come at You With Knives

7 Ancestral

Check out the album art, live videos and more HERE.

Del Rey - Live in Empty Bottle, Chicago

Del Rey at The Empty Bottle

Immemorial will be released in North America as agatefold 12" LP with an included CD, with no standard jewel case pressing. In celebration of the album, DEL REY have booked a hometown record release show at Chicago's Lincoln Hall on October 8th.

DEL REY Record Release Show:

10/8/2010 Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL

http://www.myspace.com/delrey

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Del-Rey/107723275912266

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