Melbourne five-piece share ‘The New Alphabet’, the latest track from their forthcoming second album, Force Majeure.
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Fresh from their recent stint touring the U.K. with The Vaccines, Melbourne five-piece Delivery have today shared ‘The New Alphabet’, the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming second album, Force Majeure, which is out on Heavenly Recordings on Friday 17th January 2025.
Delivery enter post-punk territory on ‘The New Alphabet’ (think Television shooting empty VB tins off the back porch). The track scoops the listener up and puts them into the shoes of ‘someone who thinks they’re topshit’. Both scuzzy and melodic throughout, the track closes out with a noisy guitar section and one final chanting chorus of “See my reflection, it’s an anthem, played as I’m talking to myself”. The new single is accompanied by a home movie style video of the band in full alien get-up around Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and the UK, discovering some of Earth’s finest offerings (the pub, crisps and telly).
Talking about the track, James from the band said:
“Weirdly and unintentionally, The New Alphabet is something of a spiritual twin to ‘The Complex’ from our first album; both tracks come in at number six on the record, are built around wonky guitars over a slightly loosened groove, and both share a similar lyrical concept that I sometimes revert back to for Delivery. Which is, taking on the perspective of a character who thinks they’re topshit, when it’s glaringly obvious that they’re not.
Not really sure which murky part of my subconscious thinks that’s a fun topic to write songs about, but I guess the idea of someone developing their own alphabet just to save face was too good to ignore. Good news is this song isn’t really aimed at anyone in particular, which also means I can take full credit for the legend move of describing yourself as a “force majeure” – would love to hear that one used in real life.
In typical Delivery style, this track came together a bit like a jigsaw puzzle and there was a lot of rearranging to make it properly make sense. Luckily, once we landed on the unnecessary key-change/noise-guitar solo section, everything seemed to make sense.”
The band have previously released ‘Digging The Hole’, ‘Only A Fool’ and ‘Operating At A Loss’ from the album.
Finally, the band, who recently hit the U.K. to play a short tour, including a rammed show at London’s Social, followed by a run of shows with The Vaccines, have announced a headline show at London’s Moth Club in March next year, before which they go out on a short EU / UK tour (tickets available here). The band will also head over to Austin for next year’s SXSW – dates TBC. The full list of dates is as follows:
17.02.25 – Doornroosje – NIJMEGEN
18.02.25 – Toekomstmuziek – AMSTERDAM
19.02.25 – Vera – GRONIGEN
20.02.25 – Muziekgieterij – MAASTRICHT
22.02.25 – Urban Spree – BERLIN
23.02.25 – Bumann & Sohn – COLOGNE
25.02.25- L’Aeronef (club room) – LILLE
26.02.25 – Le Hasard Ludique – PARIS
27.02.25 – La Lune Froide – NANTES
03.03.25 – Hare & Hounds – BIRMINGHAM
04.03.25 – The Flying Duck – GLASGOW
05.03.25 – YES (The Basement) – MANCHESTER
07.03.25 – Moth Club – LONDON (headline show)