> Has anyone on this list heard of the band Delta?  If not I urge you to check 
> them out if you like stuff similar to The Delgados....

Yeah, Delta are great. I have several CDs by them. And my friend Ben is
licensing the band's singles (well, not all but a lot of them) from their early
sides, circa 'Laughing Mostly', for reissue on his US label, Elephant Stone.

Bryan