I found this band while digging around the blogosphere, so thanks to Smoke Don't Smoke for sharing this one (Tim's blog has got to be one of my alltime favourites). So many gems on there all the time. They're called Orchard Thief from Minneapolis and I was really taken by their track, "Young Face in the Water" it's got this beautiful minimal guitar melody with these ghostly vocals floating on top of them - you can't make out the words but it sounds like the song is being [...]
Orchard Thief - Young Face in the Water The slow start, an almost drunk rhythm, staggering trying to find it's balance. Gaining it, then losing it. Back and forth, it goes like this, until two minutes in, it manages something straight sounding enough to make you think it's got it together. But there's passion in this drunken waltz. That to-and-fro has a certain quality that seems honest and unguarded. Minneapolis' Orchard Thief has created the fragilest of sound that dances around your inebriated mind, unable [...]
Sep 20, 2011, 4:03am
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ORCHARD THIEF - TRANSPARENT POPSICLE from Tim Krause on Vimeo . There are no words.
Get Orchard Thief music here. Get Orchard Theif's Work + release via Cat People here.
Ronnie Lee of the wonderful blissed-out bedroom pop project Panda Teeth recently hit me up to draw my attention to his pretty awesome label Cat People Records , a small operation dedicated to smooth yet experimental leftfield pop. He only recently started to make it "official", so it's a real pleasure for me to introduce you to one of his first releases since getting things organized. Samuel Merlin Molstad aka Orchard Thief has actually been around for quite a while now, with the CDr Work already finished and subsequently dropped [...]
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Very excited for the next release on Fire Talk Records which comes from the Minneapolis band Orchard Thief . The label writes "Ebbing between slow guitar builds and fully fleshed out nostalgia waves...the perfect companion for late night chillz or long desolate drives" and I couldn't agree more with that statement. The EP cassette will be released March 29th and can be found here Transparent Popsicle [...]
Mar 17, 2011, 11:14am Fmly
OMG ITS FINALLY OUT!!! after listening to this record everyday for the past four months on orchard thief's bandcamp i can safely say that this EP is perfect. and now we can all buy it on tape! or just make sammy give us one, cause he would. i'm so proud of you buddy dude.
Nov 19, 2010, 8:45am Fmly
Orchard Thief - Qoffee Sam Molstad has that kind of "tee-hee" laugh that makes you want to be way funnier than you usually try to be. If you were on the east coast for the earlier part of this summer you may have had the opportunity to experience what I'm talking about. Sam is Orchard Thief, one part of the Voltron that was the Incredible Fortress Tour consisting of Farms , Coral Legs (which Sam is also a member of, along with Tim Krause of Maymok ), and Vacation Dad . [...]
Oct 5, 2010, 9:55pm Fmly
DID YOU KNOW that the origin of word "nerd" traces back to nowhere else but Dr. Seuss' literary masterpiece If I Ran the Zoo ?! Come visit the The Zoo to learn more unbearably exciting facts, the aminals and I hang there every Tuesday from 5-7pm (EST) on WPRK 91.5fm and online at wprkdj.org ! If I Ran the Zoo (10/5/10) The Ocean Floor - What's the Dream? Tree Hopping - Mates Beach House - White Moon ( stream track [...]
Sep 28, 2010, 10:37pm Fmly
hi my names andy and i live in wisconsin. i like to have fun and be with my fmly. sometimes we get naked at my house and talk about dragons. sometimes we throw wild parties and sweat all over. sometimes we throw up. not me though, my stomach is a myth. if anybody wants to come have fun in wisconsin/minneapolis you can. theres FMLY here. you can sleep on our couch and eat our food. xoxoxo VD heres some bands that wanna have fun with you in minneapolis/eau claire/wisconsin all these songs/bands/people are [...]
SHOW SHOW SHOW WEDNESDAY JUNE 30. 2010 SIX BONES ---- James Dunk (FL) Michael Parallax (FL) Farms (WI) Vacation Dad (WI) Orchard Thief (MN) Coral Legs (MN) & FAMUEL (MN) INBETWEEN SETS
Orfèvre minimal de l'esquisse millimétrée, Samuel Merlin Molstad n'a pas qu'un seul tour dans sa caboche. Des collages fantastiques et des dessins psychédéliques ( http://edencrook.blogspot.com ) qui habitent son mental, Samuel en sort parfois des sons, qu'il couche sur bandes sous le pseudonyme d' Orchard Thief . Des bandes éthérées qui flottent dans l'air comme une expiration et se noient dans les flots limpides d'un océan en furie où les guitares surf et la voix aventureuse de Samuel cohabiteraient, en osmose (vous voyez le genre). P.S.1 : Je dédicace cette introduction à son chien Ricky qui [...]
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