Delorentos

Each of the band members were in other bands prior to Delorentos, sometimes playing together, in what Conlan once described as "a weird web of bands through schools and colleges, until the four of us came together". McGuinness started playing with McCormick's school band around 1999, with Conlan joining the band soon after that. After this band failed, McCormick played with Yourell for a while, with McCormick and Conlan having played in a band together as well. Yourell then worked in France for a time but later returned to Ireland. Eventually the four grouped together to form Delorentos, whose name was taken from an older band in which a number of them featured. They were, by their own admission, "shite"{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2007/03/07/learning_to_fly.html|title=Learning To Fly|date=2007-03-07|access-date=2009-02-22|publisher=The Irish Examiner USA}} until they went to Chicago to play "a rake of gigs".{{cite web|url=http://www.cluas.com/music/features/delorentos_interview.htm|title=Interview with Delorentos|access-date=2009-02-21|publisher=CLUAS}} McCormick and Conlan were in college in the earlier days of the band's career.

Their first release, the EP, Leave It On, was an entirely independent one and was launched in Whelan's in Dublin. The band collectively provided an amount of cash to record it at the start of 2005. McGuinness had a job so provided the money, with the rest of the band paying him back. Leave It On was released on the band's Delo Records label, with Cottage Records distributing it. Produced by Marc Carolan the four-track EP was released in Ireland in November 2005, entering the Top 30 of the Irish Singles Chart. The single, "Leave it On", went straight to number one in the Irish Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0420/delorentos.html|title=Delorentos – In Love With Detail|date=2007-04-20|access-date=2009-02-21|publisher=RTÉ}} Delorentos followed this with a tour which included an appearance at the UK industry show In The City (festival) and they were invited to participate in the 2006 series of RTÉ's annual Other Voices music show. This was followed in May 2006 by another single, "The Rules", which debuted in the Irish Singles Chart at number fourteen and spent a total of three weeks in this chart.

Just prior to this, Delorentos had come to wider attention when they represented Ireland at the National Student Music Awards (NSMA) in Dublin on 31 March 2005, where they were chosen as the Best Student Artist in the UK and Ireland.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/0208/1201903700039.html|title=Dublin's grassroots jazz approach points the way|date=2008-02-02|access-date=2009-02-21|newspaper=The Irish Times}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2789608.html|title=Delorentos pick up National Student Music Prize|date=2005-04-01|access-date=2009-02-22|magazine=Hot Press}} As part of their prize, they received free recording time at the BBC's Maida Vale recording studios and were invited onto the UK television show CD:UK, on which they confirmed the UK release date of their debut EP Leave It On.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/delorentos.html |title=Delorentos |access-date=2009-02-21 |publisher=Other Voices |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123140819/http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/delorentos.html |archive-date=2007-11-23 }} The band followed this with another Irish tour and appeared on The Cafe in 2006 and 2007. They toured with other more established bands such as Idlewild, Bell X1,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2887710.html|title=Delorentos + Simple Kid to support BellX1|date=2006-10-11|access-date=2009-02-22|magazine=Hot Press}} Whitey, The Futureheads, Gang of Four and Tapes 'n Tapes in locations such as London, New York City, Chicago and Toronto. Delorentos featured at both Oxegen and Electric Picnic in 2006, becoming the first unsigned act to perform at both festivals.{{cite news|author=Neil Dunphy and Una Mullally |url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2006/dec/31/2006-in-song-was-it-music-to-our-ears/ |title=2006 in song: was it music to our ears? |date=2006-12-31 |access-date=2009-08-22 |newspaper=Sunday Tribune }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In February 2007, they released the single, "Basis of Everything", to coincide with US dates in New York City and a series of performances at South by South West.

File:Malahide Castle1.jpg at two shows in Malahide Castle, Dublin (above) in June 2007.]]

Delorentos recorded their debut album in Dublin's Sun and Apollo Studios with Gareth Mannix. In Love with Detail was released on their own Cottage Records label on 20 April 2007. The album entered the Irish Albums Chart at number seven, spending five weeks in that chart,{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/performer/delorentos|title=Delorentos|access-date=2009-02-21|publisher=acharts.us}} and later received a nomination for the Choice Music Prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4055&Itemid=10355&ed=393 |title=Delorentos stop-off at Traffik |access-date=2009-02-21 |publisher=Waterford Today |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509214959/http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4055&Itemid=10355&ed=393 |archive-date=May 9, 2009 }} The majority of the album was written over the previous year. Later that year, Delorentos had festival slots at Oxegen, Electric Picnic and Cois Fharraige. At that year's Heineken Green Energy, the band supported Sinéad O'Connor and Kíla,{{cite web|url=http://www.sinead-oconnor.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=1|title=Sinéad at Heineken Green Energy Festival|date=2007-03-23|access-date=2009-02-22|publisher=Official site of Sinéad O'Connor}} they supported the Dave Matthews Band at the Point Theatre on 23 May 2007,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/ezine/ezine.php?action=view&id=2926541&page_no=1&where=is_live%20%3D%20'1'&sort_by=publish_date%20DESC|title=hotpress.com members update: "Very few vegetarians eat Yellow Pack steak & kidney pies anymore"|date=2007-05-23|access-date=2009-02-22|magazine=Hot Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212092207/http://hotpress.com/ezine/ezine.php?action=view&id=2926541&page_no=1&where=is_live%20%3D%20%271%27&sort_by=publish_date%20DESC|archive-date=2009-02-12|url-status=dead}} and went on to open for Arctic Monkeys at Malahide Castle on two separate dates in June 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/photogallery/malahide_jenny2007.html|title=Photogallery – Roadcaster at Malahide Castle – June 2007|access-date=2009-02-22|publisher=RTÉ 2fm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071024023018/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/photogallery/malahide_jenny2007.html |archive-date = October 24, 2007|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2932932.html|title=Arctic Monkeys, Supergrass, The Coral + Delorentos live at Malahide Castle|date=2007-06-29|access-date=2009-02-22|magazine=Hot Press}}{{cite web|url=http://www.imro.ie/newstastic//news.php?item=9602|title=Band Needs Hard Shoulder To Cry On|date=2008-01-16|access-date=2009-02-22|publisher=IMRO|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071118185719/http://www.imro.ie/newstastic//news.php?item=9602 |archive-date = November 18, 2007|url-status=dead}} The single "Stop" was released in July. A second EP, Do You Realise, was released in November, spending two weeks in the Irish Singles Chart and peaking at number thirty-four.

Delorentos twice toured the United States during this time, including several dates in March 2008. The Irish Times selected their South by Southwest performance in Austin, Texas, in March 2008 as the best by any Irish act at the event.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/0321/1206024682457.html|title=20 new bands we found in Austin, Texas|date=2008-03-21|access-date=2009-02-21|newspaper=The Irish Times}} The band also performed at the Razz Club in Barcelona, Spain. However, they kept a low enough profile on the Irish live circuit for much of the year, only performing at a small number of festivals, including Oxegen, the Bandon Music Festival{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0602/1212331249146.html|title=Big crowds hit festivals for weekend celebration of sunshine|date=2008-06-02|access-date=2009-02-21|newspaper=The Irish Times}} and the Drogheda Arts Festival.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0502/breaking66.html|title=Thousands hit the road for weekend|date=2008-05-02|access-date=2009-02-21|newspaper=The Irish Times}} The Irish Times noted their performance in Pet Sounds on the Sunday of Oxegen 2008 by reminiscing upon their performance from two years previously in front of a smaller crowd early on a Sunday morning. Performances of the singles "Basis of Everything" and "The Rules" at Oxegen 2008 were described as having "the kind of hummable sheen that sounds as perfect at a festival as on the radio".{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2008/0704/1215054782218.html|title=Oxegen 08: The Line-Up|date=2008-07-04|access-date=2009-02-21|newspaper=The Irish Times}}{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/0714/1215940877915.html|title=Reviews|date=2008-07-14|access-date=2009-02-21|newspaper=The Irish Times}}

Two extended plays were also released to accompany their debut; their debut release, titled Leave It On, in October 2005, and the follow-up EP, titled Do You Realise, came out in November 2007.

The band's overall low profile in 2008 was initially thought to be due to them spending time working on their second album. However, in December 2008, Delorentos explained in their MySpace blog that a potential record deal had fallen through due to the prospective label encountering financial problems. Added to this, the collapse of Pinnacle, their distribution company, denied the band a chance to release their album in the United Kingdom.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2009/0220/1224241466707.html|title=Delorentos say they'll call it a day…|date=2009-02-20|access-date=2009-02-20|newspaper=The Irish Times}} Their blog entry stated that "these are strange times for everyone, and for us in the music industry there has been a lot of uncertainty. It just happened that our opportunity coincided with this extraordinary time." After performing a number of shows with fellow Dubliners Director,{{cite web|url=http://www.fingal-independent.ie/entertainment/delorentos-crazy-year-1594800.html|title=Delorentos' crazy year…|date=2009-01-07|access-date=2009-02-17|publisher=Fingal Independent}} Delorentos announced their break-up on 17 February 2009. The split came about after Yourell decided to leave the band due to his desire to "do other things".{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/02/17/delorentos-say-goodbye/|title=Delorentos say goodbye…|date=2009-02-17|access-date=2009-02-17|newspaper=The Irish Times}} A MySpace entry stated: "It's with a very heavy heart that we have to let you know that Ronan has decided to leave the band. He feels its best for him to move on and do other things. The three of us will still be making music and will let you know about what happens next". However, they still planned to record their second album, believed to be titled You Can Make Sound, in March 2009 – it would contain all the songs they had written in the previous year – and play "a gig or two" as part of a farewell tour.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5266660.html|title=Delorentos to split…|date=2009-02-17|access-date=2009-02-17|magazine=Hot Press}} The band's farewell tour includes shows in Whelan's in Dublin and Cyprus Avenue in Cork.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5313340.html|title=Delorentos announce first farewell shows…|date=2009-03-12|access-date=2009-03-12|magazine=Hot Press}} Reaction to the split was generally one of shock – The Kinetiks were amongst the neighbouring bands they had influenced, Jacqui Carroll attributed her discovery of Irish music to an early Delorentos show, whilst blogger UnaRocks, John Walshe of State, Jonnie Craig and others had recently been championing the band's sound.{{cite magazine|url=http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2009/02/17/news-pics-delorentos/|title=News & Pics: Delorentos…|date=2009-02-17|access-date=2009-02-22|magazine=Hot Press|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509213738/http://wordpress.hotpress.com/offherrocker/2009/02/17/news-pics-delorentos/|archive-date=2009-05-09}} On 22 April 2009, the band announced they would not split after all, citing a newfound excitement for recording as their reason.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/theticket/articles/2009/0424/1224245276839.html|title=Delorentos take back the break-up|date=2009-04-24|access-date=2009-04-29|newspaper=The Irish Times}}{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/04/22/delorentos-say-hello-again-boys-and-girls/|title=Delorentos say "hello again boys and girls"|date=2009-04-22|access-date=2009-04-22|newspaper=The Irish Times}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5395738.html|title=Delorentos to stay together|date=2009-04-22|access-date=2009-04-22|magazine=Hot Press}} Yourell later explained that the band signing away their independent stance only to be let down by their record company had "knocked us out of our stride" and had led to him considering his future.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5450708.html|title=Delorentos: "It's fun again!"|date=2009-05-21|access-date=2009-05-22|magazine=Hot Press}}

Delorentos spent much of 2008 working on their second album, playing few live shows. By early 2009, they were reported to be performing with Director as both bands showcased material from their second albums. After the brief split, the second album by Delorentos, You Can Make Sound, was released on DeloRecords on Friday 9 October 2009 in Ireland, Reaching number 2 in the Irish Charts. The band released the title track as a free download and the single "Secret" was released on 16 October.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Delorentos/news/Delorentos%20announce%20album%20%26%20tour%20details/5763333.html|title=Delorentos announce album & tour details|date=2009-09-01|access-date=2009-09-05|magazine=Hot Press}} They co-presented an edition of The Last Splash with Alison Curtis on Today FM on 20 December.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Alison%20Curtis/news/Alison-Curtis-The-Last-Splash-Special-Series--My-2009/6088649.html|title=Alison Curtis' The Last Splash Special Series – My 2009|date=2009-12-03|access-date=2009-12-04|magazine=Hot Press}} In 2010, they appeared on TG4 music series Ceol Ar An Imeall.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Heathers/news/Una-Mulally-Fronts-New-TG4-Series/6125837.html|title=Una Mulally Fronts New TG4 Series|date=18 December 2009|magazine=Hot Press|access-date=4 March 2010|quote=Adrian Crowley, Heathers, Delorentos, Channel One and Bitches With Wolves are named among the acts who will feature.}} They represented Ireland in the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Netherlands in January 2010.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Eurosonic/news/More-Irish-acts-added-to-Eurosonic-bill/6086974.html|title=More Irish acts added to Eurosonic bill|date=2009-12-03|access-date=2009-12-04|magazine=Hot Press}} You Can Make Sound was released in the Netherlands in March 2010,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/Delorentos/news/Delorentos-and-Something-Happens-for-St-Patricks-Festival-in-Netherlands/6226159.html|title=Delorentos and Something Happens for St Patrick's Festival in Netherlands|date=2010-02-17|access-date=2010-02-20|magazine=Hot Press}} and Spain in April 2010.

Delorentos' third album was released on 27 January 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2.681/back-to-their-roots-1.444205|title=Back to their roots|last=Carroll|first=Jim|website=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2019-01-23}} It had been recorded over the summer of 2011 with producer Rob Kirwan in Grouse Lodge studios, Westmeath and Exchequer Studios Dublin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/delorentos-light-end-tunnel-dublin-4416725|title=Delorentos: Light at the end of the tunnel as Dublin quartet release fourth album|last=Ward|first=James|date=2014-10-10|website=irishmirror|access-date=2019-01-23}} The album was different as Kirwan insisted on two weeks pre-production beforehand, something the band had not down before.{{Cite web|url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/49905/the-renaissance-of-the-delorentos|title=The Renaissance of the Delorentos|website=Galway Advertiser|access-date=2019-01-23|date=March 1, 2012}} The first single from the record, "Did we ever really Try" was released in October 2011 with an accompanying EP Magazine – written by the band with contributions from other artists and musicians. It reached number 10 on the charts, despite not being available in record stores, only the band's own "pop-up stores". The album release was notable for its inventive release campaign: they toured acoustically to release the preceding EP, "Little Sparks EP" (which was released as part of a full-colour 40-page creative magazine), they slowly released their songs on YouTube as part of an Acoustic project, and they opened up their own pop-up record shops to perform in on the week of release.{{Cite web|url=https://umyeahok.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/bright-sparks-an-interview-with-delorentos/|title=Bright Sparks: An Interview with Delorentos|date=2013-01-07|website=Valerie Loftus|language=en|access-date=2019-01-23}} The latter idea proved to be very popular – with the band visiting cities around Ireland and opening up one-day stores in empty shops. The critical reception to the record was the best of the band's career. It was described by entertainment.ie: "Little Sparks is not only an album which is Delorentos' best work to date, but one of the finest Irish releases of recent times"{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment.ie/music/delorentos-little-sparks-176165|title=Delorentos – Little Sparks|last=Sarah|website=Entertainment.ie|date=11 January 2012|access-date=2019-01-23}} and by the Irish Times as "Full of brave, bracing and emotionally direct songs, it's the sound of a band who have found their musical and lyrical groove."

On 19 April 2014 Delorentos released Unbroken, Untied a self-recorded and produced Acoustic album. A collection of 13 acoustic tracks, nine of which were completely reworked versions of previous releases while four were unreleased tracks (three of which later appeared on subsequent album Night Becomes Light). The physical release was contained in a handmade individually stamped boxes, limited to 147 copies. These sold out in hours on Record Store Day, 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenplec.com/album-reviews/delorentos-unbroken-untied-review-exclusive/|title = Delorentos – Unbroken, Untied | Review – Exclusive | Album Review}}

In winter 2013, the band returned to record in Grouse Lodge and Exchequer studios with Rob Kirwan. Signing their first international record deal with Universal music in July,{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/entertainment/delorentos-sign-worldwide-deal-with-universal-music-30518420.html|title=Delorentos sign worldwide deal with Universal Music – Independent.ie|work=Independent.ie|access-date=2017-06-16|language=en}} the album was released on 10 October 2014 and went straight into the Irish top 5. It was released with the "Show me Love" single. It was named one of the best albums of 2014 by the 'Choice Music Prize'. The album received the best reviews of an already critically acclaimed career, including 5 stars in the Irish Times.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/album-choice-delorentos-night-becomes-light-1.1956172|title=Album Choice – Delorentos: Night Becomes Light|work=The Irish Times|access-date=2018-01-26|language=en-US}} The album was subsequently released in spring 2015 in Spain,{{Cite web|url=http://www.delorentos.net/index.php/2015/02/new-single-song-of-the-year-arenal-sound-night-becomes-light-espania/|title=New Single, Song of the Year, Arenal Sound & Night Becomes Light Espania!|website=www.delorentos.net|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113093002/http://www.delorentos.net/index.php/2015/02/new-single-song-of-the-year-arenal-sound-night-becomes-light-espania/|archive-date=2018-01-13|url-status=dead}} in April 2016 in Mexico,{{Cite web|url=http://www.delorentos.net/index.php/2016/05/summer-is-coming-new-festivals-gigs-releases/|title=Summer is Coming; New Festivals & gigs & releases! |website=www.delorentos.net|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116023216/http://www.delorentos.net/index.php/2016/05/summer-is-coming-new-festivals-gigs-releases/|archive-date=2017-11-16|url-status=dead}} in Germany and the UK in autumn 2016,{{Cite web|url=http://www.delorentos.net/index.php/2016/08/nightbecomeslight-september-2nd-in-germany-the-uk/|title=#NightBecomesLight: New Video & Sept 2nd in Germany & the UK!|website=www.delorentos.net|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-16}} and in spring 2017 in the Netherlands and Belgium.{{Cite news|url=http://www.massmarketrecordings.com/?p=1462|title=Delorentos' 'Night Becomes Light' Released in Benelux on March 3rd, 2017|work=Mass Market Recordings – Mass Market Recordings|access-date=2017-06-16|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721000449/http://www.massmarketrecordings.com/?p=1462|archive-date=2017-07-21|url-status=dead}} Each single from the album was released with an innovative video from Spanish director Antoni Sendra, aka Podenco.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/podenco|title=Podenco|website=Vimeo|access-date=2017-06-16}}

During the Spanish tour for Night Becomes Light, the band went into studio in Spain in a Vineyard close to Aranda De Duero.{{Cite web |title=Twitter.com/delorentos |url=https://x.com/delorentos/status/994245624081145857}} They demoed the bones of their upcoming 6th album. 16 tracks were recorded, however on returning to work further on them over the next few months, the band announced that the album would be shelved, and the band "felt that the songs weren't as good & honest as they needed to be"{{Cite web |title=twitter.com/delorentos |url=https://x.com/delorentos/status/994263206985175041}}

"With the Vineyard album, we'd taken several days off a tour to record, and the owner of Sonorama [a Spanish music festival] gave us access to a recording studio and a vineyard. We had sixteen songs at demo stage, and we were happy when we finished. It wasn't like we suddenly put a cross through them all. I think it was a good Delorentos album, it was just the same as our last album, quite poppy, and quite what we felt people wanted to hear."

"It gradually became clear that it wasn't 'us' anymore. A lot has changed for us in the last few years. Three of us have married and one has got engaged. Three have moved house, three have had babies. There's been a crazy amount of things going on. That wasn't reflected in the album we'd made."{{Cite web |title=hendicottwriting.com/tag/vineyard-album/ |url=https://www.hendicottwriting.com/tag/vineyard-album/}}

In July 2017, almost 3 years since the last album, the band announced on their website that they were working on an as-yet-untitled sixth album in Attica Audio studios, Donegal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.delorentos.net/beautiful-2017/|title=Delorentos » Hot gig action – Summer 2017 –|website=www.delorentos.net|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-30}} In November they released the first new song in three years – "In Darkness We Feel Our Way".{{Cite web|url=https://www.delorentos.net/april-shows-announced-new-music/|title=Delorentos » April Shows announced + New Music!|website=www.delorentos.net|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-30}} In March 2018 they announced True Surrender would be released on April 27, 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://www.delorentos.net/true-surrender-april-27th/|title=Delorentos » True Surrender – April 27th!|website=www.delorentos.net|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-30}} and released another new song, "In The Moment". The also announced that the delay was due to the band "scrapping" an album (the "Vineyard" Album) they deemed "too close to what the band had done before and not a true reflection of the band's collective feeling" and starting again with True Surrender.

The Album received some of the best reviews of their career, including 9/10 from The Last Mixed Tape,{{Cite web |date=2018-04-22 |title=Review {{!}} "Success has not rendered them motionless" Delorentos – True Surrender |url=https://thelastmixedtape.com/2018/04/22/review-success-has-not-rendered-them-motionless-delorentos-true-surrender/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The Last Mixed Tape |language=en}} 4 stars from the Irish Times,{{Cite web |title=Delorentos: True Surrender – Dublin band rip it up and start again |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/delorentos-true-surrender-dublin-band-rip-it-up-and-start-again-1.3464617 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}} and 9/10 from Hotpress Magazine.{{Cite web |title=Delorentos: True Surrender – Dublin band rip it up and start again |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/delorentos-true-surrender-dublin-band-rip-it-up-and-start-again-1.3464617 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}

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Delorentos are known for their attractive guitar sound full of hooks and harmonies. The band's influences include Arcade Fire,{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p914573/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography|access-date=2009-02-21|website=allmusic}} Pixies, The Cure and The Clash. Their musical output has been likened to many modern British bands. The style of their single "Eustace Street", about a troubled love affair set in Dublin's Temple Bar, has been compared to that of Editors, and another single "Stop", influenced by a post-punk sound, has been likened to Bloc Party. The band's second single "The Rules" has been called "a sharp comment on the culture of casual racism".{{cite news|title=Diverse gigs in Spirit Store|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/entertainment/diverse-gigs-in-spirit-store-26905330.html|access-date=2017-11-04|work=Independent.ie|date=24 May 2006|language=en}} Conlan and Yourell like The Band, whilst Conlan and McCormick like The Redneck Manifesto. Conlan has stated that their earlier music had "a lot more dancey beats to it, but we're always chopping and changing". For instance, at one point the oldest song in the band's set list was "Leave It On" and that was only about eight months old at the time.

The Sunday Tribune{{'}}s Una Mullally said their debut album was "Best Hope For 2007".{{cite news|author=Una Mullally |url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2006/dec/31/2006-in-song-was-it-music-to-our-ears/ |title=2006 in song: was it music to our ears |date=31 December 2006 |access-date=21 April 2010 |newspaper=Sunday Tribune |quote=Best Hope For 2007 Delorentos's debut album. One of the best live bands this year, they became the only unsigned band ever to play both Oxegen and Electric Picnic. Studio work is well under way; be prepared . . . these boys have hits. }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Delorentos were chosen as the Best Student Artist in the UK and Ireland at the National Student Music Awards on 31 March 2005. The band were nominated for four Meteor Music Awards – "Hope for 2006" in 2005, "Best New Band" in 2006,{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/1123/meteorawards.html|title=Meteor Award nominations announced|date=2005-11-23|access-date=2009-02-22|publisher=RTÉ}} as well as "Best Irish Band" and "Best Irish Album" in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.phantom.ie/content/view/1175/104/ |title=Meteor Awards 2008 details announced |access-date=2009-02-22 |publisher=Phantom FM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510033413/http://www.phantom.ie/content/view/1175/104/ |archive-date=May 10, 2009 }} They lost out on the 2008 Best Irish Band award to veteran rockers Aslan.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0216/1203093377307.html|title=Old and new stars dazzle at Meteor awards|date=2008-02-02|access-date=2009-02-21|newspaper=The Irish Times}} In Love with Detail was nominated for the Choice Music Prize in 2007,{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0110/choicemusicprize.html|title=Choice Music Prize shortlist announced|date=2007-01-10|access-date=2008-01-10|publisher=RTÉ}} losing out to Super Extra Bonus Party's self-titled LP.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0228/1203619560024.html|title=Surprise Choice victory for Kildare band|date=2008-02-28|access-date=2009-02-21|newspaper=The Irish Times}} The album also won 2007's Róisín Dubh Album of the Year, given by the Róisín Dubh in Galway.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2008/07/08/on-the-road-delorentos-in-cork-and-galway/|title=On the Road – Delorentos in Cork and Galway|date=2008-07-08|access-date=2009-02-22|newspaper=The Irish Times}} In February 2008 they won The Irish World's "Best New Band" Award in London.{{cite web|author=Moira Concannon |url=http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=1&Article_Id=4851 |title=New blood most welcome |date=2008-03-04 |access-date=2009-02-22 |publisher=The Irish World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512232550/http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=1&Article_Id=4851 |archive-date=May 12, 2009 }}{{cite web|author=Mary McNulty |url=http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=1&Article_Id=4797 |title=The stars came out |date=2008-02-26 |access-date=2009-02-22 |publisher=The Irish World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512232456/http://www.theirishworld.com/article.asp?SubSection_Id=1&Article_Id=4797 |archive-date=May 12, 2009 }}

They were nominated in two categories at the 2010 Meteor Awards: Best Irish Band and Best Irish Pop Act.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2010/0107/meteornominees.html |title=Meteor Ireland Awards Nominees |date=2010-01-07 |access-date=2010-01-07 |publisher=RTÉ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117085832/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2010/0107/meteornominees.html |archive-date=2010-01-17 }} That same year the band were successful in the Entertainment.ie Annual Awards picking up the Best Album of the previous year award.{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.ie/celebrity_gossip/The-Winners/41272.htm |title=Gossip | Entertainment.ie Annual Awards 2009 – The Winners... |publisher=entertainment.ie |date=2010-01-14 |access-date=2014-08-19}}

In 2013 Delorentos won the Choice Music Prize Irish album of the year for Little Sparks.{{cite news|last1=Cummins|first1=Steve|title=Delorentos win Choice Music Prize|url=http://irishpost.co.uk/delorentos-win-choice-music-prize/|access-date=2017-11-04|work=Irish Post|date=8 March 2013|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010431/http://irishpost.co.uk/delorentos-win-choice-music-prize/|url-status=dead}}

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| 2005 || Delorentos || National Student Music Prize || {{won}}

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| 2005 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Hope for 2006 || {{nom}}

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| 2006 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Best New Band || {{nom}}

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| 2007 || In Love with Detail || Róisín Dubh Album of the Year || {{won}}

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| 2008 || In Love with Detail || Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year 2007 || {{nom}}

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| 2008 || In Love with Detail || Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Album || {{nom}}

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| 2008 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Band || {{nom}}

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| 2008 || Delorentos || The Irish World's Best New Band Award || {{won}}

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| 2010 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Band || {{nom}}

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| 2010 || Delorentos || Meteor Music Awards – Best Irish Pop Act || {{nom}}

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| 2010 || Delorentos || Bray Music Video Festival – Best Band || {{won}}

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| 2010 || You Can Make Sound || entertainment.ie Awards – Best Album{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} || {{won}}

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| 2012 || Little Sparks || Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year 2012 || {{won}}

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| 2012 || Care For || Choice Music Prize – Irish Song of the Year 2012 || {{nom}}

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| 2012 || Delorentos || entertainment.ie Awards – Best band || {{nom}}

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| 2012 || Little Sparks || entertainment.ie Awards – Best Album || {{nom}}

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| 2014 || Night Becomes Light || Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year 2014 || {{nom}}

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| 2014 || Show Me Love || Choice Music Prize – Irish Song of the Year 2014 || {{nom}}

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| 2014 || Delorentos || entertainment.ie Awards – Best Band || {{nom}}

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| 2014 || Night Becomes Light || entertainment.ie Awards – Best Album || {{nom}}

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| 2018 || True Surrender || Choice Music Prize – Irish Album of the Year 2018 || {{nom}}

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