At the risk of music posts overwhelming this blog, I’m posting here four songs by The Oranges Band off their 2005 record The World and Everything In It. The reasons for posting are many, though most are not worth mentioning. Two, however, are:

1) It appears some reunion shows are in the offing. I’m excited, and you should be too. Check their band page on Facebook next week for details, or check back here.

2) It’s been impressively wintry here in DC, and this album is a bit of an antidote for that. It’s not a summer album in the sense that it’s about summer in any direct way, despite the beach photograph on the cover and surfish imagery and guitar work throughout. It’s more that it’s evocative of summers gone by, of looking back with a dose of sadness at being unable to recapture a past that may not have been as great as we remember it. That’s how I experience the album anyway.

Hope you enjoy:

“Ride the Nuclear Wave” - Look into the belly of sharks, past their teeth, to hear the wisdom of the fish inside. Wisdom can be found in unexpected places, after all.

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“The Mountain” - Defiance against all odds. Come on, you can’t possibly deny a pop song that samples Winston Churchill.¹

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“Drug City” - Nobody’s ever the same… after the long walk home.

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“Atmosphere” - Staring at clouds seemed like a good idea when we were younger. Made us think we could fly.

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