Orson

I wasn’t terribly impressed with the last Orson single ‘Bright Idea’ as I felt it lacked any degree of real strength, however I was a big fan of first single ‘No Tomorrow’ – a track that I felt had real character and power, so upon first listen I didn’t really know what to expect from the track. The track opens well with a strong guitar riff which leads you to believe that this is going to be a strong track from the band again, however it soon develops that this is not the case at all. This is another mid-tempo pop song from the band with no real sense of urgency, and so I feel that the band have once again fallen flat on their faces with this one.

‘Happiness’ plods along without really leaving any sort of impact, with a chorus that seemingly does not go with the flow of the music whatsoever. ‘No Tomorrow’ was a strong track that got stuck in your head and had you humming along for weeks, however I really feel that Orson are a one hit wonder band as since then, they have really shown no sign of reproducing the quality that was shown here. Both ‘Bright Idea’ and now ‘Happiness’ have been plodding singles that have really failed to interest me. It is not often that I find music that I fail to enjoy on any level, however Orson have now managed this on two successive occasions.

Label: Mercury
Release Date: 7th August 2006

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Hot on the heels of their number one single, Orson are kicking out another single like there’s no tomorrow. Unsubtle references to the aforementioned hit single aside, ‘Bright Idea’ kicks off where ‘No Tomorrow’ left off no? No. Far from it in fact, new single ‘Bright Idea’ gives the band a whole new persona and seen as it’s the title track of their album, may be it’s a sign of things to come.

This is an extremely soulful, laid back track with a chilled out vibe about it, however there’s nothing really particularly interesting which takes place over the course of the 4 minutes that the track runs for. I think that it may go down like a ton of bricks as a follow on single from ‘No Tomorrow’ as it is nothing like it – it’s nowhere near as catchy and I just don’t think that the band will be able to recapture the success which they enjoyed before. Maybe people will go for this, I somehow doubt however that this will be the case and feel that Orson could go down as being the latest one hit wonders.

Released: 15th May 2006
Label: Mercury

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