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| Orange Room - We Told You Not To Go |
Orange Room – We Told You Not To Go
There is an awful lot about the band Orange Room that
shouldn’t work. A band that formed in Melbourne, Australia, and then relocated
to Liverpool. Odd. A band that play dark, sinister, Dick Dale-esque guitars but
write great songs with catchy chorus lyrics. Weird. A band that sound like they
should be rock’n’roll monsters but have a video that suggests they are fairly
tame on stage. Huh? A band that play ballsy, bass-in-your-face, indie-rock with
a twang but release a single which is essentially advising folk not to go out
and drugs so much as its bad for their health. WTF!?!
Having said that, maybe it’s these differences that make
Orange Room such an appealing concept and why I’ve had this single on a loop
for the past 30 minutes. ‘We Told You Not To Go’ has elements of the
Courteeners, Kasabian, Reverend and the Makers and Reef that make it pretty
addictive and irresistible. The verses are all hypnotic bass lines and open
high-hats while the chorus comes crashing in with swathing guitars and a
beautifully sneered vocal. This isn’t ground breaking stuff but the songwriting
is polished and the attitude is spot on which is more than half the battle in
my book. It’s better than anything the Stereophonics or Oasis have produced in
the last 10 years anyway!
More information: https://www.facebook.com/orangeroomband