Daryl-ann
Daryl-ann
Genres: dutch, indie, All, rock, netherlands
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About Daryl-ann
Daryll-Ann is a Dutch indie rock band, originally active from 1988 to 2004. They came back together for a one-off reunion tour in 2014 and re-united once again in 2024, this time with a new album of original songs under their belts, entitled Spring. Daryll-Ann originally hailing from the small town of Ermelo, although the band members had moved to Utrecht and Amsterdam by the time the group gained prominence. The band's figureheads and main songwriters are Jelle Paulusma (lead vocals) and Anne Soldaat (guitar, vocals). Critics often heard echoes of early Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield and other sixties bands from the American west in Daryll-Ann's blend of indie rock. After an initial EP (Decibel, 1991) and début album (Renko, 1992) on tiny domestic labels, the band drew the attention of Hut, the indie branch of Virgin Records. The I Could Never Love You and Come Around EP's (1993 and 1994, respectively) were praised by critics in Holland and the U.K. The group toured Europe and their first full-length album for Hut, Seaborne West (1995), even saw a U.S. release. It received rave reviews in the U.K. music press. Due to disappointing sales, however, the band was dropped by Hut and joined Dutch indie label Excelsior Recordings, for which they continued to release albums to overwhelming critical acclaim (but moderate commercial success). A small international cult following continued to follow the band, so that some of their Excelsior releases were also put out internationally. Daryll-Ann's studio albums for Excelsior Recordings: Daryll-Ann Weeps (1996) Happy Traum (1999) Trailer Tales (2002) Don't Stop (2003) Excelsior also released a limited edition live album, entitled DA Live (2000). The band decided to call it a day in 2004. Frontman Jelle Paulusma resurfaced two years later with his first solo album, using his his family name Paulusma as his moniker, whereas guitarist Anne Soldaat went on to form the band Do The Undo (self-titled début album released in 2007) and subsequently started recording under his own name, Anne Soldaat. 2014 saw Daryll-Ann's eagerly anticipated re-formation: original line-up, no new material, old songs only. The band toured The Netherlands to rave reviews, but as the tour ended, the band was put to sleep again and the story of Daryll-Ann seemed to have reached its conclusion. However, on 24 April 2022, the band reunited once again, for one night only, to perform at the Amsterdam Paradiso during the 25th anniversary party of Excelsior Recordings. Two years later they announced that Daryll-Ann had reunited once again and had written an album's worth of new material. This was not a 'one off'. The band announced that they are here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. They are set to tour the Netherlands in the fall of 2024 and early 2025. 31 May 2024 saw the release of their first new single in over 20 years: 'A Note About Time', taken from their comeback album Spring, released in September 2024.
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