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Delicate Steve is the moniker of musician Steve Marion, a multi-instrumentalist originally hailing from Fredon, New Jersey who leads the band of the same name. Delicate Steve's sound has been described as hand-crafted with elements of progressive rock, folksy twang, African rhythms, surf rock and 1970s pop.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/arts/music/08choice.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1〕 == History == After opening for Yeasayer at New York City's Governors Island in summer 2010 and a residency at Brooklyn club Union Pool, the band attracted media and record label attention. That year, Delicate Steve signed to Luaka Bop, who released the "Butterfly" 7" single, backed with a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross" on the B-side.〔http://www.luakabop.com/delicate_steve/preview/〕 On January 25, 2011, Delicate Steve released their debut album, ''Wondervisions'', on Luaka Bop. The entirety of the album was recorded by Marion in his bedroom and quickly gained the attention of critics, becoming a "Critics' Choice" of ''The New York Times''〔http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/arts/music/08choice.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1332878864-RKFlnJ4to2flk8cOnIesSg〕 as well as being included on NPR's "Favorite Songs of 2011". For the release of ''Wondervisions'', author Chuck Klosterman wrote a fictional biography of Delicate Steve. The bio was originally published anonymously and was mostly taken as fact by fans and press, but was exposed in a feature news story on NPR's ''All Things Considered''.〔 On July 5, 2011, Delicate Steve collaborated with Zach Hill of Death Grips on one-off digital single "Many Moods", released to benefit The Japan Chernobyl Foundation.〔http://delicatesteve.bandcamp.com/album/many-moods〕 On April 21, 2012, a collaborative 7" single by Delicate Steve and Ra Ra Riot was released on Barsuk Records for Record Store Day 2012.〔http://www.barsuk.com/w3.cgi?vwy=shop/bark128〕 The A-side, "Valerie", featured Ra Ra Riot with Delicate Steve covering Steve Winwood; the B-side, "The Big Ship", featured Delicate Steve with Ra Ra Riot covering Brian Eno. A third collaborative single, by Delicate Steve and the band Callers, was issued as a 7" in 2012 on Western Vinyl, featuring the songs "Further Out" and "Perfect Pairs".〔http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/01/26/145900390/song-premiere-callers-delicate-steve-further-out〕 In July 2012, Delicate Steve released their sophomore record, ''Positive Force'', on Luaka Bop. The album quickly received high praise, including an 84 from ''Filter'', an 8.5 from ''Paste'', a 7.6 in Pitchfork, and a 7 from ''Spin'' For promotion of "Positive Force," a legitimate biography of the band was written by Michael Azerrad, author of ''Our Band Could Be Your Life''. On September 3, 2014, the band issued a free digital sampler EP of their music, titled ''Multiple Moods Sampler'', via their Bandcamp page.〔http://delicatesteve.bandcamp.com/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delicate Steve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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