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| Oct 2003
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-02-15
Reviewed 2004-02-15
Oranger is GREAT local indie-pop, derived from Beatlesque melody and '70s sounds (major 7th chords, tight harmonies).
This is a two-CD set ... Disk 1 is the new Oranger album, 11 great tracks. Disk 2 is a collection of older songs and rarities, excellent stuff that doesn't have that "outtake" sound (well, mostly). These guys are a local treasure.
Some faves:
2- "Hit single," a chugging midtempo beat, melancholy but rocking
4- Gentle psych rock with some cool time-signature twists
8- Parlour pop? Happy, quaint White-Album-like ditty
11- Slow reprise of track 2
13 (disk 2 track 2) - Big dark bassline with comforting lush chords.
14 (disk 2 track 3) - Dreamy, breezy late-'60s pop, great stuff
35 (disk 2 track 24) - Instrumental version of "Suddenly Upsidedown," a song from their previous album
The CD ends with six very short, silly takes of "23 Skidoo."
This is a two-CD set ... Disk 1 is the new Oranger album, 11 great tracks. Disk 2 is a collection of older songs and rarities, excellent stuff that doesn't have that "outtake" sound (well, mostly). These guys are a local treasure.
Some faves:
2- "Hit single," a chugging midtempo beat, melancholy but rocking
4- Gentle psych rock with some cool time-signature twists
8- Parlour pop? Happy, quaint White-Album-like ditty
11- Slow reprise of track 2
13 (disk 2 track 2) - Big dark bassline with comforting lush chords.
14 (disk 2 track 3) - Dreamy, breezy late-'60s pop, great stuff
35 (disk 2 track 24) - Instrumental version of "Suddenly Upsidedown," a song from their previous album
The CD ends with six very short, silly takes of "23 Skidoo."
Recent airplay
Going Under
Overthrow of PA Pop Overthrow (sub for Phil Andrews) — Apr 15, 2008
Pleschette Gun
Memory Select — Aug 18, 2006
Going Under
Lost and Found [sub] — Aug 31, 2005
Cut Off Yer Thumbs
Distraction-Limited — Mar 11, 2005
The Rover, Intermission
Short Song Marathon--Tom, Mr. Sparkle, and Mor fill in — Sep 06, 2004
Twenty Three Skidoo
Short Song Marathon - Part 3 — Sep 06, 2004
Charting
2004-02-02 — 2004-04-05
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Mar 28 | 1 |
| Mar 14 | 1 |
| Feb 29 | 1 |
| Feb 22 | 4 |
| Feb 8 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Cut Off Yer Thumbs | ||
| 2. | Going Under | ||
| 3. | Bluest Glass Eye Sea | ||
| 4. | Shutdown the Sun | ||
| 5. | Tree Bent Gun | ||
| 6. | Just a Little Dumb | ||
| 7. | Othersider | ||
| 8. | The Writer (H.F.) | ||
| 9. | Static on Teh High Desert | ||
| 10. | Sweet Goodbye | ||
| 11. | Delivered By Compass | ||
| 12. | Up Over the Summer Fields | ||
| 13. | Pleschette Gun | ||
| 14. | Shake Yer Leisure | ||
| 15. | Gorilla in a Rucksack | ||
| 16. | Butterfly Magician | ||
| 17. | April Skies | ||
| 18. | Things I Say | ||
| 19. | El Cerebro Esta Zumpando | ||
| 20. | Friend to You | ||
| 21. | Yard Sculpture | ||
| 22. | Space Colony Boogie | ||
| 23. | The Amazing Life Of... | ||
| 24. | Circle Gets the Square | ||
| 25. | Bleeding Kneecaps | ||
| 26. | Bizarro | ||
| 27. | Monster | ||
| 28. | Intermission | ||
| 29. | Winter Gardener | ||
| 30. | The Rover | ||
| 31. | Mike Love not War (Live) | ||
| 32. | Sleepwalk | ||
| 33. | Manatee Party | ||
| 34. | Siamese Fingers | ||
| 35. | Sugarpop '66 | ||
| 36. | Behold, Mercury! | ||
| 37. | Outside It's Coming Down | ||
| 38. | Spy Tactics | ||
| 39. | And It's Alright | ||
| 40. | Twenty Three Skidoo |