Orange O'clock
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2012 | SELF
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Still working on that hot first release.
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FROM
SHERBROOKE,
CANADA,
CREATED IN 2010,
ORANGE
O'CLOCK
IS A TRIO WHOSE MEMBERS ARE MICKAEL FORTIN (VOCALS, KEYBOARDS,
SONGWRITER),
RAPHAEL FORTIN (DRUMS, KEYBOARDS)
AND ANTHONY SIMONEAU-DUBUC (GUITARS).
BUILT
ON A STRONG GROOVY
BRIT-ROCK VIBE,
ORANGE
O'CLOCK’s
UNIQUE SOUND, CALLS
TO MIND A MEETING BETWEEN JAMES BROWN’S
ENERGY AND ARCTIC MONKEYS’
WARM
SOUND.
RANGING
FROM EDGY
KEYBOARD
AND
ORGAN RIFFS TO
POWERFUL
CHORDS
AND DYNAMIC DRUM PARTS, THE
BAND BLENDS
SOUNDS FROM THE PAST THREE DECADES WITH MODERN COLOUR.
ORANGE
O'CLOCK GAVE SEVERAL SHOWS IN THE PROVINCE AND WON THREE CONTESTS;
INCLUDING THE 2012 SHERBROOKLYN ALLOWING THEM TO WIN MORE THAN $
20,000. AT THAT TIME, AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 16, THE YOUNG BAND EVEN
PERFORMED AT THE BELL CENTRE (MONTREAL, CAN).
IN
MAY 2014, THE BAND RELEASED THEIR FIRST ALBUM CRAZY CARNIVAL,
INCLUDING THEIR FIRST SINGLE AND VIDEOCLIP, BELLY BUTTON.
THEY
RECENTLY WON WITH THEIR BRAND-NEW SINGLE, CAN'T FIGHT THE FEELING,
THE 2015 SEARCHLIGHT CONTEST, HOSTED BY CBC MUSIC. THREE JUDGES
CROWNED ORANGE O'CLOCK AS “THE BEST NEW CANADIAN ARTIST”, FROM
MORE THAN 3000 ACTS ACROSS CANADA.
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