“Deeper” by delirious?, Saturday, May 20, 2023 (updated repost)
Formed in 1992 as the house band for a series of UK youth outreach events called The Cutting Edge , delirious? became a full-time band after singer Martin Smith was hospitalized for several weeks after a car accident in 1995. Smith read Bill Flanagan's book U2: At the End of the World , inspiring him to make the band a full-time career. The band released their second full-length studio album, King of Fools , and their first under the moniker Delirious. The song " Deeper " hit the UK pop charts , unexpectedly, peaking at number 20. The band would sign to Sparrow Records for their U.S. distribution, spanning several CCM and Christian Rock hits and helping to create the next generation of worship music. Delirious's music is usually worship, but they are a jam band at their core, particularly evidenced by their two follow-up records to King of Fools, Mezzamorphis and Glo . The band writes anthems that sound like U2 , but include electronic experimentati