Deliluh release “Fault Lines”
PITCHFORK 7.5 "evolves with unnerving ambience, spoken-word recitations, and industrial noise"
UNCUT 8.0 "Introspective, intense menace from recalibrated Canadian band"
LOUD & QUIET 8.0 "Fault Lines is both petrifying and pretty"
WIRE. "spiked with trepidation and a hunger for discovery"
Learning about what Deliluh has been through these past two years brought the commands on a cassette player to mind: press rewind, forward, play and eject. The band, now a duo of Kyle Knapp and Julius Pedersen, relocated to Europe from their Toronto base with the ambition to plug into a continent that felt more cohesive in terms of a gig circuit and to map new spaces, both terrestrial and spiritual. This bold move came with a number of adjustments.The first was a new touring line-up, following the decision of Erika Wharton-Shukster and Erik Jude to stay in Canada. The second was dealing with the cosmic headfuck of a deadly global pandemic that put a stop to most things outside of staying alive. Looking back, Kyle Knapp sees the process as “somewhat of a crash course in survival and keeping calm. Overall it's taught us a lot about what we want to accomplish, both in the present and the long term.”
