Australian band, Delivery have shared “The New Alphabet”, their latest single off forthcoming album, Force Majeure, which drops via Heavenly recordings on January 17. The band will be in March with shows as part of SXSW and New Colossus., their first North American tour.

The new single is accompanied by a home movie style video of the band in full alien get-up around Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and the UK, discovering some of Earth’s finest offerings (the pub, crisps and telly).

Talking about the track, James from the band said: “Weirdly and unintentionally, ‘The New Alphabet’ is something of a spiritual twin to ‘The Complex’ from our first album; both tracks come in at number six on the record, are built around wonky guitars over a slightly loosened groove, and both share a similar lyrical concept that I sometimes revert back to for Delivery. Which is, taking on the perspective of a character who thinks they’re topshit, when it’s glaringly obvious that they’re not.

Not really sure which murky part of my subconscious thinks that’s a fun topic to write songs about, but I guess the idea of someone developing their own alphabet just to save face was too good to ignore. Good news is this song isn’t really aimed at anyone in particular, which also means I can take full credit for the legend move of describing yourself as a “force majeure” – would love to hear that one used in real life.

In typical Delivery style, this track came together a bit like a jigsaw puzzle and there was a lot of rearranging to make it properly make sense. Luckily, once we landed on the unnecessary key-change/noise-guitar solo section, everything seemed to make sense.”

Force Majure is Delivery’s first album for Heavenly Recordings (The Vines to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Confidence Man).

Delivery 2025 Tour Dates

Mar 6-10 – New Colossus Festival, New York, NY
Mar 12-15 – SXSW, Austin, TX

Pre-orcer Force Majure HERE