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Delaney and Paris
“electro-rock-dark-wave,” their music reimag
ining the world as if history books rained glit
ter every time they were opened.
The band was borne out of two very con
nected things: “Pornography and the internet
brought us together,” says Klaus of how he
met Warner.
“We both put pieces in the HUMP! festival
in 2009,” explains Warner, referencing the lo
cal amateur porn contest. Both men submitted
videos to the competition, Klaus a live action
and Warner an animation. “We ended up talk
ing through Facebook,” Warner says.
Klaus then recruited Jansen, with whom
he’d collaborated on previous projects.
O f Jansen, Klaus says, “H e’s a gorgeous
straight boy who plays a pink guitar.”
The band held a CD release party last No
vember at Crush for their first EP, the seven-
track Our Heroes Bleed Glitter. More than 100
people showed up to the event, which led to a
creative residency at Crush.
Mattachine Social play Portland Pride 2011
at 12:35p.m. Saturday, June 18. Take a listen at
facebook.com/pages/Mattachine-Social or reverb-
nation.com/mattachinesocial.
The Public Songs, Private
Parts of Delaney and Paris
Keep an ear out for Delaney and Paris—
they might just knock your socks off.
W ith song titles like “Hipster Douchebag,”
“Stop Staring at my Tits” and “Herpes,” the
female duo is rocking the acoustic scene.
Think of them as Jewel with five shots of
liquid anger, or a version of the Indigo Girls if
they had starred in Kill Bill, or Ani DiFranco
if she were raised by Marilyn Manson.
Delaney and Paris are Delaney Aileen Smith,
21, and Paris Hoover, 23. The two met in a
group vocal class at Portland Community Col
lege. “Paris had lyrics to a song and Delaney
volunteered to write music to it,” Smith says.
They’ve played at venues such as Dante’s,
Swift Lounge and Scandals, to name a few.
The duo cite Stephen Lynch as “one of the
first performers we both really fell in love
with,” along with Kimya Dawson, Hoover
adds, “and we fucking love Storm Large.”
To the band, among the featured talent at
Tom McCall Waterfront Park, “Pride is about
rejecting that idea that there’s a right or wrong
way to be ‘normal,’ embracing the strange and
promoting acceptance,” Hoover says. “That’s
what we would like our music to do as well, even
if it is in our tongue-in-cheek kind of way.”
W hen asked why their songs take such
public stances on private matters, Delaney and
Paris are clear.
“We feel as if it is breaking down boundaries
by making ugly or inappropriate things beauti
ful, and promoting social change by making
these things okay to talk about,” Smith says.
Hoover adds, “Sometimes people need to
be forced out of their comfort zones to grow as
a person. We want to challenge gender roles
and the stereotype that girls need to be pretty
and nice to everyone, and not use foul lan
guage and not talk about or enjoy sex.”
Delaney and Paris perform on the Portland
Pride main stage at 2:35p.m. Sunday, June 19.
Find more at reverbnation.com/dpdelaneyand-
paris, myspace.com/parisanddelaney or delaney-
andparis.com.
For a complete entertainment schedule fo r
Tom McCall Waterfront Park, turn to p. 42, or
visit pridenw.org.
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