Name: The Great Eastern
Brand: The Delgados

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

chem226

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-06-24

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5024545717914

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Delgados

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Chemikal Underground

180 Gram vinyl with Download. '​The Great Eastern' is The Delgados' third album, released on their own Chemikal Underground record label in 2000. Despite having founded the revered Scottish indie label, Chemikal Underground, the Delgados remain its least celebrated act, overshadowed by the likes of Mogwai and Arab Strap. It therefore falls to their album 'The Great Eastern' to change all that. Named after the renowned Glasgow landmark, now a flop-house, it's an appropriate title for a sprawling songwriting effort which elevates their expanding sound and lofty a ambitions to new heights. Taking their infatuation with the heavily orchestrated sound of Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips to its logical conclusion, they have used the Rev's Dave Fridmann to oversee production and mixing in his New York Tarbox Studios. From opener 'The Past That Suits You Best', with its stalking beats, roughed over effects, swelling brass and gliding strings its clear that the Delgados have gone for broke here. What follows only confirms it, from singer Emma Pollock's sad interpretation of an ex-girlfriend having second thoughts in 'Accused Of Stealing' to the sparse country-fied tale of rejection 'Make Your Move' which closes the set.

The Great Eastern

Music GB