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The Delgados have broken up.

I learned the news while browsing randomly on Tiny Mix Tapes. There's an announcement on their official website, informing us that bassist Stewart Henderson doesn't want to record another album and that the band is therefore disbanding amicably.

It's rather disappointing, as I was just getting into The Delgados. The joyous single Everybody Come Down, from their final LP, Universal Audio, was one of the catchiest things I heard in 2004. The Glasgow quartet never quite got the acclaim they deserved, even though their indie-pop was on a par with that of fellow Scots Belle & Sebastian. You can sense Henderson's frustration in his parting diary entry.

Scant consolation, I know, but head over to Epitonic for a download of American Trilogy.