Denver Collin Dalley is an American singer-songwriter based in

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. He is best known for his collaboration with Bright Eyes frontman

Conor Oberst Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint (previously named Norman Bailer), Commander Venu ...

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, and has been involved in various other musical projects, including Statistics, Intramural, and PRESSERS. Denver got married in 2019 and is an expert juggler.

Career

Desaparecidos

Dalley collaborated with childhood friend

as main songwriter of the politically charged indie rock band

. The band released ''

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'' on Omaha-based

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before going on hiatus in 2003. They reunited in 2010, performing at the Concert for Equality in Omaha on July 31, and again on July 31, 2012 at Omaha's

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Statistics

In 2003, following the temporary caesura of

, Dalley formed Statistics, an electronic-tinged solo project, and signed onto the

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label. After releasing a self-titled extended play in 2003 and two studio albums titled ''Leave Your Name'' and ''Often Lie'' in 2004 and 2005, respectively, Dalley chose to focus on other projects, effectively putting Statistics on hiatus. However, in 2013, eight years after ''Often Lie'', Dalley released a new studio album titled ''Peninsula'' on

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, featuring a collaboration with Minnesota-based singer-songwriter

Sean Tillman Sean Tillmann (born February 6, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has performed and released studio albums as Sean Na Na and as a member of hardcore band Calvin Krime, but is best known for his work under the name Har Mar Super ...

(a.k.a.

Har Mar Superstar Sean Tillmann (born February 6, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has performed and released studio albums as Sean Na Na and as a member of hardcore band Calvin Krime, but is best known for his work under the name Har Mar Super ...

). Dalley hopes to create visuals in the form of music videos for songs in ''Peninsula'', something that he has never done in his prior musical ventures.

Other work

Dalley formed Intramural and released ''This is a Landslide'' on October 23, 2008, via Slowdance Records. He has also recorded music with Leta Lucy from

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as part of a project called Two of Cups, which is currently unsigned. Dalley performs and collaborates frequently with

(a.k.a.

) and has appeared on

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and

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, playing both guitar and bass guitar in Tillman's multiple projects. Dalley also toured as an instrumentalist with

The Pink Spiders The Pink Spiders are an American rock band, formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2003. The band consists of Matt Friction (lead vocals, guitar), JoCo (bass), Joey B-Side (drums), and Young James (guitar). Matt Friction and original drummer Bob Fe ...

in the fall of 2008 and

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in early 2009. Dalley has licensed his music to such shows as ''

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'' and ''ER'', written music for several national and international commercials, and scored a feature-length documentary called ''America's Marine Aviators''.

Discography

With Desaparecidos

Studio albums

* ''

'' (2002 ·

) * ''Payola'' (2015 –

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)

Singles

* ''What's New For Fall'' (2001 ·

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) * ''The Happiest Place on Earth'' (2001 ·

)

As statistics

* ''Statistics EP'' (2003 ·

) * ''Leave Your Name'' (2004 ·

) * ''Often Lie'' (2005 ·

) * ''Peninsula'' (2013 · Afternoon Records)

As Intramural

* ''This Is a Landslide'' (2007 · Slowdance Records)

References

External links

Official websiteIntramural's MySpace pageJade Tree RecordsSaddle Creek RecordsSlowdance Records
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male singer-songwriters American rock singers Desaparecidos (band) members {{singer-songwriter-stub