The Orielles are an English

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band from Halifax,

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, England. The band features Sidonie "Sid" B. Hand-Halford on drums, Esmé Dee Hand-Halford on bass and vocals and Henry Carlyle Wade on guitar and vocals.

Career

Their debut album, ''Silver Dollar Moment'', was released in February 2018 on

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described the album as a "stunning debut... it does have a uniquely sweet spirit and lighthearted beauty all its own by a young U.K. trio that gives the baggy indie dance sound of the early '90s a serious upgrade." Their second album, ''Disco Volador'', was released in February 2020 on

. It was produced by Marta Sologni. ''

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'' gave it a three out of five stars rating, describing the album as the band "expanding the sound of their winsome but somewhat conventional debut by abandoning traditional song structures and voyaging into new textures." It has a Metacritic rating of 73, with ''Uncut'' commenting that the album mixes "the euphoria of whooshing through infinite space past astral displays of imagined beauty via a blend of disco funk, dream pop, electronic exotica and '70s highlife" and ''Q'' expressing that the album is "both instantly appealing and dazzling inventive." The Orielles at the Lexington (38048110736)

The Orielles at the Lexington (38048110736)

On October 7, 2022, the band released their third album, ''Tableau'', on

. The band describe the album as "an experimental

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", and it was self-produced in collaboration with Joel Anthony Patchett.

Discography

Albums

* ''

Silver Dollar Moment ''Silver Dollar Moment'' is the debut studio album by English indie rock band The Orielles. It was released on 16 February 2018, under Heavenly Recordings. Release On 24 May 2017, The Orielles released the first single from the album, "I Only B ...

'' (2018) * ''Disco Volador'' (2020) * ''La Vita Olistica'' (2021) * ''Tableau'' (2022)

Singles

* "Space Doubt" (2015) * "Jobin" (2016) * "Sugar Tastes Like Salt" (2017) * "Blue Suitcase (Disco Wrist)" (2018)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orielles English indie rock groups Heavenly Recordings artists People from Halifax, West Yorkshire