Father Jack...."and Josef K, Orange Juice, the Go-Betweens, essentially the Postcard Records stable of bands, as well as early Primal Scream. One touchstone band for The Orchids was the Wake, which was on Factory Records and later Sarah Records as well....the influence of Madchester tends to leak in on UNHOLY SOUL....," George Killgoar for Gullbuy New Sound Review.
We've recently covered The Go-Betweens' "Magic in Here," in tribute to Grant McLennan, a great musician and a major influence on us and many others. Please visit Rare Victory to hear "Magic in Here" and some of the other songs in tribute to this timeless musician.
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RIP Grant. You will be missed.
Sounds Like
Aztec Camera, Felt, The Cure, The Field Mice, New Order, The Byrds, Postcard bands, Sarah Records, Glasgow....
Last Release, GOOD TO BE A STRANGER, NOW AVAILABLE! released by
Available directly from Siesta, as well as
"ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT" on YouTube, as featured on Falcon Beach!
CLICK HERE to check out the episode clip of Falcon Beach, the global/ABC Teen drama that features "Another Saturday Night," during the Season 2 Season Finale.
Download the song and other Orchids tracks and albums from iTunes or Emusic!
....
..The Orchids' biography by Alistair Fitchett, appearing on the sleeve notes of the LTM reissues, 2005:
A fair amount has been written about Sarah records in the past, most of it amounts to further mythologizing of a 'scene' that has really been counter-productive. I mean, myths and legends are central to the joys of Pop, but they do tend to cloud issues and often obscure great music. So it has been with Sarah, with a predilection amongst media and fans alike for painting the whole label as a home for quintessentially sad and sensitive indiekids in anoraks, crying at sunsets and cringing behind their fringes. Such a reading has certainly been detrimental to many of the bands who actually recorded records for the label, not least of whom would be The Orchids....
(see BLOG for the complete bio by A.Fitchett.)
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Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Love the remix...any new material on the way? We've got something new and beautiful for you. Written last summer whilst pondering life & love and recorded in the Conservatory in Cromer 'Whisper My Name' lie on the shelf for months until it cried for help and handclaps. Well here it is and it wants to be the soundtrack to your summer. Play it if you're falling in love or just have a smile on your face. We're all foaming beautiful - we hope you are too...
INITIAL 028 ENOLA / WORDS IN A BOTTLE (FEAT RODRIGUEZ JUNIOR REMIX) / DISTRIB DISCOGRAPH :
After a fistful of EPS for Initial Cuts or Dave Clarke..s White Noise with NOIRDEGOUT, Mathieu Monnin takes off as ENOLA with a first EP, taken from a forthcoming album to be released in September. Take NOIRDEGOUT trademark motorcity fuelled sound, pitch it down a little, make it a little less nostalgic, dress it in 2009 fashion, and add a devastating remix from RODRIGUEZ JR (The Youngsters), you get ENOLA..s "WORDS IN A BOTTLE" :
A - ENOLA - WORDS IN A BOTTLE - B - ENOLA - WORDS IN A BOTTLE (RODRIGUEZ JR) -
OUT ON INITIAL CUTS / IN028 / 12" / NULOOPS / JUNO / DECKS / etc.
HIGHLY SUPPORTED BY DJ HELL, LAURENT GARNIER, HERNAN CATTANEO, DANNY HOWELLS, DAVE SEAMAN, UNDO, GREGOR TRESHER, JULIAN JEWEILL,MATZAK, KIKO, OXIA, ANGEL MOLINA,SCAN X VINCE WATSON, TIESTO, DA FRESH...
The extremely elegant eighth issue of Your Heart Out is a special edition called The Historical Romance. It was inspired by seeing a film about the jazz singer Jackie Paris, which prompted all sorts of thoughts about fate and fortune.
The Historical Romance is a bit of an odyssey that takes in Jackie Cain & Roy Kral, Billy Vera & Judy Clay, Red Krayola & Clinic, Johnny Thunders & Patti Palladin, Freda Payne & Pennies From Heaven, plus much, much more ...
Please tell the world that it can be downloaded for free from our library over at:
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