The World & Everything in It Album

The new album by the Oranges Band, The World & Everything In It,
was recorded over a period of months in a Baltimore basement. The album
reflects this attention to detail and the Oranges Band's developing
sensitivity to pop arrangement, while maintaining the dance rhythms and
melodies that the band is already known for. Neighbor J. Robbins
(producer of Jets to Brazil, Promise Ring, Maritime) mixed the record.
From the atmospherics of the aptly-titled "Atmosphere" and "Believe" to
the stately guitar lines of "Ride the Wild Wave" the Oranges Band has
moved in a more orchestrated-pop direction, in both instrumentation and
song structure. While the last album, All Around, closed with nods to
Brian Eno's Here Comes the Warm Jets, The World & Everything In It,
introduces keyboards and backing vocals evocative of other British acts
from the 1970s like the Jam and Squeeze. "Ride the Nuclear Wave" is a
tambourine-shaking anthem and "The World and Everything In It" offers
some warm dub percussion. The CD is available from Lookout Records.- Amish Records