New Music – Delagrave
Formed in early 2016, Delagrave started as the solo project of singer/songwriter Lauryn Graves.
With the help of producer Rory McDonald, Delagrave was featured frequently on Radio Cumbria and was played on The Huw Stephens show on Radio 1.
“Originally I was creating music for my enjoyment,” explained Lauryn. “I was writing at home and working the demos on my laptop but I got them professionally produced by Rory. He suggested I get a band and while I could live loop it’s not the same as having a live band. I really wanted to create complicated music and perform it on stage.”
The Indie Funk band amalgamates a blend of influences from psychedelia to neo-soul, with Lauryn’s vocals channelling Etta James’s style, power and confidence, mixed with a Lana Del Rey delivery.
She is backed by the rhythm section of Lee Barnham on drums and Rod Mackay on bass, together with Martin McDonald’s swirling retro-tinged guitar and completed by Dee Mancher on keys.
Lauryn is enjoying working with other musicians: “I still do the bulk of the writing but it’s quite collaborative now. I’ll decide the concept for the song and Martin will come up with the chords sometimes, Rod and Lee will do their part too. It feels good to bounce ideas off each other, it breeds new energy into the music and it brings about better songs.”
Their new single, Black Hair, and new EP can be found here on Spotify and here on SoundCloud.
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