The single’s B-side features a cover of Peggy Gou’s ‘It Makes You Forget (itgehane)’.
The Orielles will embark upon an extensive UK tour in February 2019.
Stops in Leeds, Birmingham, Reading, Nottingham, Preston, Bristol, York, Hull, Norwich, Bedford and Oxford form the new itinerary. A previously announced string of dates set to close out 2018 wraps up with a now sold out hometown show at Hebden Bridge Trades Club on December 15th.
Coinciding with the aforementioned tour announcement is the arrival of a new single, of which the two comprising songs provide a formal introduction to the band’s new recruit; keyboardist Alex Stephens a.k.a. Strawberry Guy.
A-side track ‘Bobbi’s Second World’ is a slinky and hedonistic foot mover adorned with William Onyeabor-esque keyboard embellishments courtesy of Stephens, while the band offer their interpretation of Korean DJ Peggy Gou’s ‘Itgehane’ on the flip-side.
Elaborating on the theme behind ‘Bobbi’s Second World’, The Orielles said the following
“Bobbi’s Second World, written with the addition of a new member on keys, exhibits an explosion of new sounds and ideas that came to fruition after a long summer of playing festivals and taking inspiration from music that made us dance. It centres around the story of a cat named Bobbi who, in order to become a lady, has to experience the extremities of two complex and differing realities- situated in her front and back gardens respectively.
The eccentric instrumentation, influenced by northern soul, post-punk and funk music, matches the quirkiness of the lyrics to create a song that concerns a young cats maturity whilst displaying a certain maturity in the music itself. After noticing a passion for songs that make us emotional; want to dance and quite literally ‘forget’, we decided to cover one of Peggy Gou’s latest floor fillers, ‘Itgehane aka It Makes You Forget’ hoping that we could evoke the aforementioned qualities of music within other listeners!”
Dial in and view all forthcoming tour dates below.
The Orielles – 2018/2019 tour dates
Thu 11/29 – LONDON Heaven
Fri 12/07 – LIVERPOOL Invisible Wind Factory
Sat 12/15 – HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club
Sat 2/16 – LEEDS Belgrave Music Hall
Tue 2/19 – BIRMINGHAM Hare and Hounds
Wed 2/20 – READING Face Bar
Thu 2/21 – NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
Fri 2/22 – PRESTON Ferret
Sun 2/24 – BRISTOL Exchange
Tue 2/26 – YORK Crescent
Wed 2/27- HULL Welly
Thu 2/28 – NORWICH Waterfront Studio
Fri 3/01 – BEDFORD Esquires
Sun 3/03 – OXFORD Bullingdon
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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