Some Live Shit

TARANTULAheidelberg by Delay Trees

GOLDheidelberg by Delay Trees

LightPollutionlutakko by Delay Trees

InFebruarylutakko by Delay Trees

Heidelberg songs recorded by Kabi (17.1.2011)
Lutakko songs recorded by Kyösti Ylikulju/Hear.fi (12.3.2011)

Germany / January 2011

We had an amazing time supporting I Like Trains in Germany - really great guys, great music and powerful shows!
We loved every bit of the tour; every city we played and all the people we met.
We're hoping to come back soon!!!

If you want to see some live photos, there's a few shots from Cologne HERE and some shots from Münster HERE.

Happy New Year 2011

2010 was quite a music year here in Finland with acts like Ultramariini, Villa Nah, Kap Kap, Circle, Sister Flo, Ville Leinonen, Kaskas, Magenta Skycode, Paleface, Islaja, Kiki Pau, Minä ja Ville Ahonen and Topi Saha (just to name a few) all releasing great albums.

We enjoyed playing the twenty or so shows to nice people, had a very pleasant visit to Germany, had crazy fun making the record at Mankku and Kekkonen, got to warm-up for the amazing Teenage Fanclub and even got a very supporting message from Norman Blake few days after the show!

Despite the overwhelming amount of good new Finnish music, our self-titled record was received fairly well in the press and in the radio and many people heard our music.

Helsingin Sanomat and Soundi picked our album as one of the best of 2010 and these guys also liked our music:

http://ylex.yle.fi/radio/ohjelmat/veli-kauppisen-musiikin-erikoisohjelma/velin-suosikit-2010
http://loveyourselftoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/goodbye-2010-parte-1.html
http://lazyacrerecords.blogspot.com/2010/12/end-of-year-lists.html
http://rai-rai-rai.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-5.html
http://stylemode1.blogspot.com/2010/12/top-10-albums-of-2010.html
http://amazinglyblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-2010-gigs-albums-ep-songs-videos.html
http://echoesechoess.blogspot.com/2010/12/parasta-2010-kappaleet.html
http://www.indie30.com/component/content/article/36-news-archive/322-top-100-songs-of-2010-51-75.html


Next year starts on a high note; our album is released in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Netherlands by Cargo Records and we play a Germany-tour supporting I Like Trains (UK) in January. We've also been talking with a very nice indie label in USA, so keep your fingers crossed with that one!

We've planned to put out an EP at some time next year to get rid of the older songs and start planning on the next album, but let's see...

We hope you had a great year, we most definitely had!
Have a wonderful New Year and enjoy 2011 with an open heart.

My TOP albums of 2010

That deserve honorable mentions:

BLONDE REDHEAD - Penny Sparkle
FOUR TET - There Is Love In You
ULTRAMARIINI - Ydin
SPOON - Transference
VILLA NAH - Origin

That I haven't been listening to nearly enough:

GRINDERMAN - Grinderman 2
BRIAN ENO - Small Craft on A Milk Sea
DUNGEN - Skit i Allt
SUFJAN STEVENS - The Age of Adz
TEENAGE FANCLUB - Shadows

That have some great moments, but seem a bit boring as a whole:

ARCADE FIRE - The Suburbs
NEIL YOUNG - Le Noise
WILD NOTHING - Gemini
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - Forgiveness Rock Record
TWIN SHADOW - Forget

CASSETTE 2012 (Official Music Video by James Martin)

Delay Trees "Cassette 2012" from James Martin | Vim & Vigor on Vimeo.