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The Delgados

Indie rock
Indie rock

The Delgados is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of The Peel Session and Mogwai. Those roots explain a lot about how The Delgados arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Emma Pollock, Teenage Fanclub, The Wedding Present, Camera Obscura and The New Pornographers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Arab Strap and Mogwai, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around The Delgados, reaching back through The Peel Session and forward to Arab Strap. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Delgados was a Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 1994. The band was composed of Alun Woodward, Emma Pollock, Stewart Henderson, and Paul Savage (drums).

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The DelgadosThe Peel SessionMogwaiArab StrapMogwaiEmma PollockTeenage FanclubThe Wedding PresentCamera ObscuraThe New PornographersBuffalo TomClinicThe House of Love

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The Delgados connections

The Delgados grew out of The Peel Session and Mogwai, shares an orbit with Emma Pollock, Teenage Fanclub, The Wedding Present and Camera Obscura, went on to shape Arab Strap and Mogwai. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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