Deli Girls
American band
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Deli Girls is an American band fronted by Dan Orlowski and formed in 2013.[1][2] Known for extreme live performances[3] with explicit political messaging[4] and "revelatory mosh pits,"[5] Deli Girls has been described as "noisy rave punk meets digital hardcore,"[1] "mall punk and nu metal,"[6] and "genre-agnostic cacophony."[7] Orlowski formed Deli Girls with producer Rae Kelly, who left the band in 2022; Orlowski continued the project with producers and instrumentalists such as Dani Rev, Hatechild, and John Bemis.[1]
Deli Girls | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 2013-present |
| Label | Sweat Equity |
| Members | Dan Orlowski, variety of producers |
| Past members | Dani Rev, Rae Kelly |
| Website | https://deligirls.bandcamp.com |
History
Deli Girls' 2019 release I Don't Know How to Be Happy was included in best-of-year lists by Clunk Magazine,[8] Alt Citizen,[9] The Morning News,[10] and Impose Magazine, which also called them "NYC's best DIY act";[11] the album was featured in the Bandcamp Daily "Beginner’s Guide to Digital Hardcore,"[12] VICE "essential albums" of the first half of 2019,[13] and led The Guardian to include Deli Girls in their "50 new artists for 2020."[14] Impose Magazine included Deli Girls' album BOSS in their best albums of 2020,[15] and The Fader highlighted Deli Girls' feature on LEYA's 2022 Eyeline mixtape.[16]
In 2023, Deli Girls released a self-titled LP, a 13-track album featuring collaborators including Swan Meat, Manapool, Murderpact, Akafaë, and Dani Rev.[17] The album is dedicated to Brytani Caipa,[18] co-founder of "fundraving" collective Melting Point,[19] known for genre-diverse parties, performance protests raising money for migrants rights,[20] and its namesake goal to "melt ICE";[21] Caipa died in 2021.[22]
Deli Girls' music has been used by activists at protests and online,[1] and widely-circulated documentation includes video of the band performing at a Melting Point migrant rights protest outside of ICE's headquarters in NYC.[23] In May 2024, Orlowski reported that Deli Girls were confronted over pro-Palestine visuals they asked to have projected during a set at Leipzig's TRIP Festival.[24] After being repeatedly questioned and opposed by festival staff members, Orlowski told the audience what had occurred and the band played a noise set in protest.[24]