The World & Everything in It by The vendre Oranges Band NEUF

Tracks:
Believe
Ride the Wild Wave
Open Air
White Ride
Ride the Nuclear Wave
World and Everything in It, The
Mountain, The
Ill Never Be Alone
Drug City
Atmosphere
Evils Where You Want It to Be

Performer Notes:

• The Oranges Band: Dan Black (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums); Tim Johnston (bass guitar, background vocals); Dave Voyles (drums); Roman Kuebler.
• Personnel: Virat Shukla, Roman Kuebler (vocals, guitar); Dan Black (guitar, keyboards, drums); Pablo Fiasco (keyboards); Dave Voyles, Adam Cooke (drums); Christopher Myers, Jason Dove, Tim Johnston, James W. Glass (background vocals).
• Additional personnel: Virat Shukla (vocals, guitar); Jason Dove, Christopher Myers (background vocals); Pablo Fiasco, Adam Cooke, James W. Glass.
• Audio Mixers: Roman Kuebler; J. Robbins.
• Illustrator: Roman Kuebler.
• Photographer: Craig Bowen.
• With their second full-length, The World & Everything in It, the Oranges Band doesnt 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. Roman Kueblers reedy, sideways-glance vocals never oversell the songs, the groups performances are wiry and tense at times, sunny and expansive at others, and most importantly they reel off an impressive batch of whip-smart and catchy tunes. "Ill Never Be Alone," "Ride the Wild Wave," "Atmosphere," and "White Ride" are tough-as-spit rockers that would make any indie rock band proud with their shimmering hooks and knowing stance, likewise the moody and more atmospheric numbers like the Spoon-lite opener "Believe" or the charging "Open Air." When they take chances like on the title track with its dubby keyboards and mood shifts or "Evils Where You Want It to Be," you get a sense of the artier and intenser direction the band could go in. They are also the weakest songs on the record and make you wonder, why take chances when what works for you works so well? And this album does work in a very pleasing, safe, warm, and nostalgic kind of way. Liking the Oranges Band might make you a badge-wearing indie dork, but its a badge you can wear with the same kind of pride you take in being friends with the kid who all the cool kids disdain. ~ Tim Sendra

Producer: Roman Kuebler

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 14 June, 2005

Label: Lookout

Dimensions: 12.7 x 14 x 1.3 centimeters (0.06 kg)