#Demo and Marcus being back together for the first time since 2021...

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AO 2024 • Doubles • R1 • Miscellaneous

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These lads don’t have much music out, but what they have out is a beast. I heard “Holding out my thumb” for the first time and had to listen again. It is addictive as hell. Here is my interview with the talented lads of Burnt Orange.

1- Can you tell us a little history about Burnt Orange? Members etc.?

We formed Burnt Orange in late 2021 (just another COVID baby) and while a relatively new band, Nigel (drums), Marcus (bass) and Adam (vocals) have a much longer connection through our hometown on the West Coast of SA where we all played in a variety of bands growing up. We connected with Tom (Guitar) over the past 2 years who has spent a lot of time in the Adelaide music scene including playing with ‘The Wanderers’ and ‘Hindley Street Country Club’. From the first jam we discovered a great vibe as a group and creating music has flowed naturally.

2- What is your impression of the Adelaide Music Scene?

It feels like the start of a new era really. COVID and the ensuing restrictions had such devastating impacts on the entertainment industry which sadly meant the end for some bands and venues. But since then, there seems to be more focus on local talent from Adelaide venues and events now that people and bands have come out of hibernation. We recently checked out the battle of the bands that was held at ‘The District’ and really enjoyed the quality and diverse range of music that was showcased. It also highlights that there’s an enormous amount of competition out there for gigs, but that can only be a good thing for the industry to reach better standards, right??? It is certainly great to see venues like ‘The District’ giving opportunities to local original acts and we hope to more of these opportunities created by venues as that is such a tangible and real investment into the future of the Adelaide music scene.

3- Do you have a favourite venue to play?

Due to being a new band we have only had the one show at ‘The District’ so far and that is a great stage! But prior to this band, Nigel, Tom and Marcus have all played in ‘The Gov’s’ main room and that was MAGIC! On that note, we’d definitely like to make a shout out to those industry main stays like ‘the Gov’ who have never waivered from their support of live original music, even through all of the ups and downs. We always take the opportunity to return thanks and attend gigs at those sorts of venues where we can. Such great history and atmosphere at those old Rock ‘n’ Roll Pubs and they’re great for both performers and punters alike.

4- Holding out my thumb is the song I heard on Facebook? As a bass player myself I love the bassline. How did that song come together?

That song was born from a riff that our guitarist Tom had up his sleeve. Marcus (who likes to be complicated) then tweaked it to be the “beast” that it is today. But most, if not all, of our songs are collaboratively written and shaped over time and that makes it such a fun process to be apart of! Lyrically the song is about letting someone go to allow them to be happy, while also finding the courage to let go and walk your own path.

5- When can we expect to hear new music from you?

We recorded a live demo of 5 songs at ‘Wundenberg’s Recording Studio’s’ a little while ago that we will use for promotion. We plan to release these very soon on our socials for people to hear! But we also have a bunch of other songs we are working on and can’t wait to play at our next gig. We want to get back into the studio to lay them all down and in the not too distant future we can hopefully release our first full studio album.

6- What is your Career highlight so far?

As a new band on the scene, it would have to be spending time recording our songs and of course playing our first gig together! All of us have had some really great individual highlights along our own musical journey’s but we’ve all really enjoyed coming together to create what we have today, and we think we’ve got something pretty special going on. We can’t wait to showcase our Burnt Orange blend of styles with more audiences soon and create a few more highlights ASAP.

7- If you could invite 3 musicians dead or alive who would you choose?

Well that really does depend on what we’re inviting them to!?!? Plenty of our idol’s that we’d love to party with might not be a hit at Christmas dinner with Gran... Even if we assume it’s somewhere in between it’s very hard to choose. But if we throw some names out there, Chris Cornell, Jeff Buckley and Dave Grohl come to mind, but that list could go on forever! There are so many great people out there who we would love to just have a conversation with!

8- If you were stuck on a deserted island with only 1 album, what would you pick?

Man, that is such a hard question… but after some deliberation we couldn’t really go past Fresh Hits of ‘98… I mean, Celine Dion & Busta Rhymes on the same album???That SHIT just doesn’t happen any more! 🤣

9- What are your long- and short-term goals?

To be honest, we just love jamming, writing, playing and recording music (& drinking beer) together, not to mention sharing our music with as many people as will listen. Our plan is to do as much of all that as we can, wherever we can, for as long as we can and probably feel like the rest will fall into place as the universe (or beer gods) see fit. However we’ve certainly got a few things we’d love to do if we can... Things like, getting back to the west coast to play our tunes to mates and family; venturing interstate would be a lot of fun (ROAD TRIP!!!) and it would be great to get onto the Gov’s main stage again or into the Hindley Street Music Hall amongst many other great venues we’ve got our eyes on.

10- Finally, where can people find out more about you?

https://instagram.com/burnt_orange_band?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

We also hope to have our music up on SoundCloud and Spotify in the very near future! But anything you need to know will be on Instagram and Facebook for now!