Shelleyan Orphan

The Profile

British music group centred on Caroline Crawley (vocals) and Jemaur Tayle (guitar/composition). Debut album Helleborine was released in 1987 on Rough Trade. Known for baroque/chamber-pop arrangements and pastoral atmospheres. The band returned with a 2008 album and Caroline Crawley died on October 5, 2016.

Debut album Helleborine (1987) released on Rough Trade; the band supported The Cure on the Disintegration Tour; returned in 2008 with the album We Have Everything We Need; Caroline Crawley died October 5, 2016.

A lyrical, highly positive review celebrates Shelleyan Orphan's 1987 album Helleborine for its baroque, chamber-pop textures and Caroline Crawley's vocal enchantment. The review frames the band as a cult act influential on small circles of artists and notes their 2008 return and the death of Crawley in 2016. Instrumentation and pastoral atmospheres are repeatedly praised.