THE ORCHIDS

“The best Scottish pop band since Orange Juice” – Melody Maker

“A blissful mix of the best Scottish bands of the last few years” – NME”

“Eclectic. Every single song is a gem” – Exclaim!

“Luxuriant textures, immaculate pop fizz with enviable purpose” – MM

“Songs of emotional wit and sparkling indie pop” – All Music Guide

“Languid and alluring” – Tangents

“The tension between wanting to wig out and grow more evanescent is evident” – Uncut

“They brought together all the best parts of the 80's Scottish music scene, while adding something that’s hard to pin down, yet made them so very special” ExclAIM!
- various

UNASSUMING quintet The Orchids are one of the lesser sung acts in the Glaswegian jangling lineage which extends from Orange Juice through Teenage Fanclub and Belle & Sebastian up to Camera Obscura, though they have recently been namechecked in their own right by US indie hipsters The Drums, who are great fans of their simple, melodic craft. The Lost Star, their fifth album in just over 20 years, moves at such a languid pace that time has almost stood still. Their 1980s Scotpop roots show up on the sweetly funky The Way That You Move; elsewhere, they add a soothing strain of synth pop and subtle orchestration to their twee pop songs, which oscillate gently from the wet and insipid to the softly beguiling. - the scotsman

The Orchids are back again with a new album on the lovely label Pebble Records, “The Lost Star” (their fifth album, and their second since they reformed).
I usually hate it when my favourite bands from the old days reform, – the result is usually crap, – but I absolutely love the reformed The Orchids. They have kept their old self, but have managed to develop their sound and songs in a good way. The new album is full of classic indiepop-songs, and a few of these may have become some of my favourite Orchids songs. “God of Special Things” is amazing, so is “The OK song”, and lots of others. Good songs all the way through the album.

I love the use of strings and synths, perfectly put quite low in the mix, so it doesn’t take over the focus. It adds a really nice feeling to these songs. The Orchids master their electronics as well, and when they put on a disco beat on “The Way That You Move”, they still sound like The Orchids, and it’s sounds so amazingly good.
The album can be bought physically through the label, but should also be available in digital format from most good digital music shops. - eardrums

Veterans of the Glasgow scene, The Orchids cut their teeth twenty years ago with cult Bristol based Sarah Records, lending the kind of jangly indie credentials most bands would sell their fringe to secure. They have pulled off something special with this, their fifth album in two decades, still heavily rooted to their early nineties sound without sounding stuck in the past.

Doot Doot (Till It Happens To You) might be a little Teenage Fanclub, the distorted guitar line snaking through the understated, sonorous vocals of James Hackett, while a little Beta Band filters through with Back To Your House. But the sound is their own, the relaxed chemistry of a band comfortable in their own skin. The emotions are simple, the music direct, but the effect immeasurable, like with the gently blooming oasis of Come Lay Down On My Bed, a simple request reiterated with the soothing repetition of waves on the shore. [Oisín Kealy] - The Skinney