Name: Faded Seaside Glamour
Brand: The Delays

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RTRAD114LPX

Colour

Orange

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r25891525]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Deluxe Version with a Print of Greg's Art.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-01-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

609008267004

Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Orange

RTRAD114LP

Black

Extended format: No

609008267011

1 / Black / LP

Artist

The Delays

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Rough Trade

Rough Trade is a multinational label that was started by Geoff Travis in 1976 as a London record-shop. It quickly grew into an independent label and distributor, collaborating with notable labels such as 4AD, Factory Records, and One Little Indian. The label's catalogue numbering system for singles/EPs included prefixes like RT### and RTT###CD for different formats. Albums were numbered sequentially as ROUGH### with extensions for different formats.In the early 1990s, Rough Trade faced financial difficulties after expanding into the US market. The US branch was shut down and the German branch ended up in the Zomba Music Group. One Little Indian provided financing and took over the label in the UK, retaining ownership of key releases like A.R. Kane albums. Geoff Travis eventually regained control of Rough Trade around 1999–2000 and re-launched it alongside Tugboat Records.

Back In Stock

A space of wonderment and exhilaration, the home of true heart and a timeless soul, Delays' Faded Seaside Glamour was an atmospheric and evocative debut album. Released in 2004, the fragile strength of frontman Greg Gilbert's vocals intoxicatedly intertwined with the forward looking synths of his brother Aaron, Colin Fox's bass and Rowly's drumming, to create a series of affecting songs that delivered an immediate pop hit that also left a deep and wistful impact worthy of the album's enticing title.&nbsp;

Its iconic singles Nearer Than Heaven and Long Time Coming, became immediate yet lasting focal points for Southampton's Delays, while tracks including the melancholic No Ending, the smooth beats of Stay Where You Are and chiming opener Wanderlust demonstrated the remarkable depth of this unique debut.&nbsp;

Nearly 20 years have passed since the release of Faded Seaside Glamour and much has changed – most notably the loss of Greg Gilbert who passed away in 2021 after a period of treatment for cancer – but like the idiosyncratic places the album's name celebrated, Delays' music has not only endured but their art has been loved and cherished&nbsp;as it has continually connected with audiences.

To celebrate this soaring and smouldering body of work, Rough Trade Records release Delays' Faded Seaside Glamour on vinyl for the first time ever. The album is available on limited edition orange vinyl with deluxe packaging plus a print of Greg’s art and some words written by Aaron. &nbsp;There is also a standard version of the LP on black vinyl.&nbsp;

Faded Seaside Glamour

Music GB