Drop Nineteens - Delaware (Yellow)

Drop Nineteens - Delaware (Yellow)LP, Yellow vinylWharf Cat Records (2024) US On the eve of Drop Nineteens first live performances in 30 years, we are excited to announce the reissue of the bands 1992 shoegaze masterpiece, Delaware. Reissue is slightly misleading as Delaware has never actually been issued on vinyl in the United States. Delaware is the debut studio album by American band Drop Nineteens released on June 19, 1992. Despite the albums release over 30 years ago, and the

the record ranks in Guitar World's "Top 100 Guitar Albums of All-Time"

this is when you start to truly re-contextualise and re-interpret the music

leading to producer Brian Slagel wanting to release an EP

the theatricality of Ramona Lisa

” The Marshall Vore-produced track introduces us to Charlie’s evocative storytelling and features Phoebe Bridgers on backing vocals

pastoral masterpiece – an innovative mix of acoustic clatter

"Off To The Races"

Delta blues

The brass section comes courtesy of Menehan Street Band’s jazzy ‘The Traitor’

Inspired by jazz greats and classical masters while possessing a point of view that could only be conveyed by a 21st-century twentysomething

founding members Cole Alexander and Jared Swilley teamed with former guitarist Jack Hines (who played in the group from 2002-2004) and additions Oakley Munson on drums and Zumi Rosow on saxophone

Unlike the overpoweringly melancholic prevailing mood of before