Delphic (band)

When the winners were announced in early 2010, it was revealed that the band had placed third on BBC Sound of 2010, after Ellie Goulding and Marina and the Diamonds.

[13] Richard Boardman has now gone on to start a Manchester-based songwriting collective known as The Six who have most recently written on the Louis Tomlinson and Bebe Rexha single "Back To You.

[14]" Announced on Delphic's website[15] on 2 November 2009, their debut album was called Acolyte and released on Polydor on the band's own imprint Chimeric Records on 11 January 2010.

BBC News reported on 28 June 2012 that Delphic, alongside Muse, Elton John vs. Pnau, Dizzee Rascal, and The Chemical Brothers, would be releasing one of the five official songs of the 2012 Summer Olympics taking place in London, United Kingdom.

"Good Life," Delphic's London 2012 Olympics single, premiered as the "Hottest Record in the World" feature of Zane Lowe's evening Radio 1 programme on 18 July 2012.

[29] In an interview with Lowe directly following the song's worldwide premiere, guitarist Matt Cocksedge explained their management had submitted a demo of "Good Life" without the band's knowledge, until it was revealed to them later that it had been chosen as one of the official singles of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

[30] On 15 August 2012, Delphic announced they would be previewing the new album material on a UK tour taking place October and November 2012.

[31] The band performed 3 new songs live for the first time at Free Form Festival 2012 in Warsaw, Poland – "Baiya", "Memeo" and "Atlas".

[33] The band posted Introducing 'Collections', a sample of the new album on VEVO on 31 October 2012, in which new songs "Baiya", "Memeo" and "Atlas" were featured.