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Orange are a punk rock band from LA, they have had
a almost healthy time in the music industry with
two solid album releases and relentless touring
across America and Canada, but about a year ago
Orange were nearly over when their original rhythm
guitarist quit, remaining members Joe Dexter and
Zak Glosserman were very close to pulling the plug
on Orange but they then looked onto to the positive
side of things and invited some new musicians in
to try out in Orange, the results were fantastic
and Orange now have a solid line up and are back
with their third studio album ‘Phoenix’
which has just been released through Hellcat Records.
‘Phoenix’, is a very diverse sounding
album it has proper rifftastic chant-a-long punk
moments, it also has big sing-a-long poppy punk
moments as well as a very slow yet beautiful sounding
rendition of the Lou Reed classic ‘Perfect
Day’, seriously you can’t really get
more diverse than this on a punk record and especially
one that has been released on Hellcat Records.
The opening track ‘Each Other’ is
a simple sounding track but despite that it is
actually a fantastic song that flows really fast
thanks to Joe Dexter’s melodic vocals which
seem to be on super charge especially during the
super catchy and cheerful chorus.
‘Standing Still’ features some funky
keyboard sounds and is another simple poppy-punk
track that is really upbeat. ‘Everything
I Need’ features a great instrumental introduction
which starts off with massive plummeting guitar
riffs and throughout the 3minute and 15seconds
long track it has everything from bouncy bass
lines to catchy fast flowing vocals and super
squeaky clean production.
My favourite song on the album is ‘Never
Going Out Again’, the song is a massive
group effort which features group vocals which
are forever coming and going, the song is also
layered perfectly and is another song where the
bouncy basslines really shine above everything
else.
‘I Wish’ is Orange’s take on
a ballad, the song comes across alright but really
isn’t a style that Orange should play to
often as their talent lays within the real melodic
poppy-punk tracks.
The great thing about Orange is that they have
stuck to their roots from the start and are still
knocking out the same kind of music as they were
when they first started up, they are still as
melodic as they always were, frontman Joe Dexter
still has that Billie Jo Armstrong factor that
he has always had and the songs featured throughout
‘Phoenix’ are some of the best Orange
have ever created and will remain in your mind
for some time to come.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Brendan Minded (Lead Guitar)
Perry Ladish (Guitar, Vocals)
Joe Dexter (Bass, Vocals)
Zak Glosserman (Drums) |
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1. Each Other
2. Standing Still
3. Everything I Need
4. Never Going Out Again
5. Hold Onto Your Heart
6. I Wish
7. Desperation
8. Happening Today
9. Catching Up
10. Fall Into The Sky
11. Sunday Night
12. Perfect Day |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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