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Artist
Daryll-Ann
12+ albums
dutchindieAllrocknetherlands
about
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 internation
