Friday, September 18, 2009

Mock Orange


ALT / ROCK
Artist: Mock Orange
Album: Live in Brooklyn
Track: “Captain Love”, “World of Machines”
>Street date: September 15, 2009
Label: Wednesday Records


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* Main Entry: mock orange
* Function: noun
* Date: 1731

1: any of a genus (Philadelphus) of ornamental shrubs of which several are widely grown for their showy white flowers and that is either placed in the saxifrage or hydrangea families or in a family (Philadelphaceae) of its own —called also philadelphus, syringa
2: any of several usually shrubby plants considered to resemble the orange



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*Main Entry: Mock Orange
* Function: aural pleasures
* Date: est. 1998

1: classic American indie band founded by four friends based in Evansville, Indiana; immensely popular on college radio stations, receiving critical acclaim with every release
2: band releasing album recorded live, named Live in Brooklyn, featuring music from their past albums, Captain Love and Mind Is Not Brain; a collection of refreshingly optimistic indie anthems
3: simultaneously refined yet edgy vocals by Ryan Grisham; a melting pot of instrumentation
4: happy-go-lucky lyrics (which the world can all use more of)
5: upbeat claps and quirky whistles
6: band whose album is released under Wednesday Records, a label which is also host to Sylvie, Jon McKiel, First to Leave, The Little Heroes, The Orange, Fire in the Radio
7: UTTERLY STAPLE TO ALL SELF-PROCLAIMED INDIE FANS

Other notables from Wednesday Records: Sylvie, Jon McKiel, First to Leave, The Little Heroes, The Orange, Fire in the Radio



www.myspace.com/mockorange

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