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THE ORIELLES SPACE SAMBA (DISCO VOLADOR THEME)

Following the warm reception of 'Come Down on Jupiter', the spaced-out lead track from The Orielles forthcoming sophomore album Disco Volador, the Halifax-based foursome have returned with another cosmic cut. Sharing its title in part with the album, 'Space Samba (Disco Volador Theme' is a sci-fi inspired entanglement of washy guitars and otherworldly synth drones set against a disco-y 70s-inspired rhythm section. Elevated by unashamedly groovy percussion, including momentum-inducing bongos and feel-good cowbell rhythms, what begins as a fairly structured alt-pop tune quickly descends into a limitlessly trippy wig-out. Vocalist/bassist Esmé Dee Hand Halford explains: "Space Samba is a song about corporeal experience, something which we feel we are collectively losing sight of in an age of mental existentialism! It is the 'Disco Volador' theme because it relates to the phenomenological thread of the whole album, which tackles the many interpretations of the title throughout. In this instance, it refers to Disco Volador’s literal translation of ‘flying disc’ or ‘frisbee’, using this symbol to reflect both feelings of flight and motion and the notion of human connectivity."-Holly Mullineaux

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