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The Orchid: The Astronaut (Escape Velocity)
Washington DC based five-piece skygaze band The Orchid’s sophomore LP – Apogee, Perigee sees the band pushing its increasingly complex arrangements and instrumentation to the extremes: its wall of sound assault has become more aggressive and anthemic and its quieter passages more delicate and nuanced.
From the massive, three-guitar assault of album opener, The Astronaut (Escape Velocity), to the haunting, suffocating sparseness of the closing Life in Retrograde, the album weaves together influences ranging from Morricone’s Spaghetti Western soundscapes to DC-infused punk and math rock. The album moves effortlessly from crushing rhythms to delicate, intertwined arpeggiated guitars—often within a single song.
The beautifully atmospheric and intricately constructed six-song LP is available now via the BandCamp link below, having officially released on July 26.
The Astronaut (Escape Velocity) by The Orchid is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
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