Fire Track: Delivery – “Only A Fool”

Melbourne five-piece Delivery have shared “Only A Fool”, the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming second album, Force Majeure, which is out on Heavenly Recordings on January 17. On “Only A Fool”, Delivery settle into a steady, heavy groove, adding an untouchable gonzo riff and a wonderfully insouciant vocal to deliver a perfect slice of new wave rock’n’roll.

Talking about the track, the band said: “‘Only A Fool’ might just be the most uninhibited moment in capturing this album’s all-in dynamic at full steam. Lisa brought in the guitar chords, vocal line and lyrics, and then gave everyone free rein to do their thing which means everyone’s individual flare gets a moment across the track. Also might explain why this song features Delivery’s only ever jam-out ending.”

The twelve-track battering ram of an album, from Melbourne’s effortlessly cool five-piece garage punk heroes, builds hugely on the promise that their 2022 lockdown-born and TFN Top 50 of Year debut album Forever Giving Handshakes showed.

Already with an enviable pedigree, their debut attracted fans from Henry Rollins (who has played almost the whole catalogue on his KCRW show) to Rolling Stone Australia (Top 10 albums 2022) through old school DIY word of mouth; Delivery are that rare thing, a true band’s band and a fan’s band simultaneously.

A vital and concise record which thrills with its direct simplicity and excitement, recalling the likes of Parquet Courts or early Modern Lovers, Force Majeure (rarely does a title so aptly describe the contents) opens with the controlled explosion of recent single ‘Digging The Hole’ and doesn’t let up apart from occasional journeys into post punk territory on the Television-esque ‘New Alphabet’ and the wonderfully Wire-ish ‘What Else’.

Force Majure – Delivery’s first album for Heavenly Recordings, a label with a long history of championing young Australian bands, from The Vines to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Confidence Man – is an urgent, joyous noise, the prefect calling card from your new favorite honest rock’n’roll band.

New Album Force Majeure
Out January 17 via Heavenly Recordings