Release Date: Jun 14, 2005
Record label: Lookout
Genre(s): Indie, Rock
With their second full-length, The World & Everything in It, the Oranges Band doesn't rewrite the indie rock handbook; more like they follow it in note-perfect style and form and in such a familiar way (Spoon, New Pornographers, Guided by Voices, Yo La Tengo, new wave influence, etc.) that your initial inclination might be to dismiss them as generic wannabes. Stick around though and you just might be won over. They may not be treading new ground, but they rehash the recent past in an energetic and exciting fashion.