Delicate AWOL - A Stable Line-up

A Stable Line-up

Michael Donnelly (bass) and Tom Page (drums) were recruited into the band via an advertisement in 'Loot'. Ross and Version became so enthused with their new bandmates’ contributions that they scrapped the original version of Our Genome altogether and began rewriting and recording the album from scratch. (Some tracks from the original Our Genome - which had an almost entirely different tracklisting from the album eventually released under that name - surfaced later as EP tracks, and a few complete copies of the album are in private hands).

Delicate AWOL released the "Hurray for Sugar" single in the summer of 2000 - a delicate, whispering song which clearly indicating that the band had moved on from their more abrasive beginnings. At around this time, the band expanded their sound by adding Tom Page’s brother Ben (percussion, keyboards) to the line-up, and Ross began to add more instruments to her live armoury (including ocarina, melodica and assorted small percussion instruments). The band’s next release was part of the Day Release "Four Seasons Singles Club", a series of releases each of which featured three EPs from three different artists. Delicate AWOL (along with Rothko and Jamie Owen) contributed to the "Autumn" issue (three tracks). Some of the pieces were the band’s most extended and experimental to date.

In November, the band performed at the fourth Terrastock festival in Seattle, Washington State, USA.