The Orielles, who release their 4th studio album, ‘Only You Left’, this Friday, have today shared ‘Wasp’, the latest track to be taken from the record.
Wasp glides in on a high bass line that evokes the titular creature before opening out into a spiked guitar part and a chorus that opens up like a longed for summer day.
On the track the band added:
“Taking on another shift in perspective, the lyrics follow a miniscule wasp as it reaches the height of a mountain, one of nature’s grandest settings. Inspired by the film Black Narcissus I wanted to capture this feeling of questioning faith, purpose and the self when confronted by such vastness, using a wasp to exaggerate this magnitude even further. In seeing through its perspective maybe we can relate to the plight of the wasp, but the real sting in the tale (hah!) is that ultimately it is nature itself that conditions the wasp to hurt us.”
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Praise for the album so far…
“Only You Left spins in its own unpredictable orbit, pulling out new mysteries from their off centre helix of goth, shoegazing and punk.”
– Mojo Magazine ★★★★ –
“Evolving band now esoteric and enigmatic..recorded in both Hamburg and Hydra it feels almost improvised half the time, but there’s a quiet escalating intrigue to their murmurings.”
– Record Collector –
Bridging the extemporized feel of 2022 album ‘Tableau’ with the more stripped-back, song-led approach of their earlier works .
– Clash –
“Once again, they’re pushing boundaries in pursuit of their art, a theme which has been a constant thread throughout their career and one for which they remain, in many ways, criminally underrated.”
– Some Other Time –
“Eleven songs with a distinctive sense of space, a peek into the centre of the band’s world, as if at the centre of where they’re playing. Underlying all that is the trios bond – there aren’t many bands The Orielles age who can claim fifteen years of shared history.”
– DIY Magazine –
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