Philadelphia, PA fingerstyle guitarist & singer Kristin Daelyn is hitting the road in September, bringing intimate solo performances to stages across the Northeastern US. She'll be playing songs from her Orindal debut Beyond the Break& sharing bills with likeminded songsmiths like Adeline Hotel, Camp St Helene, Will Stratton, Katy Pinke & her Orindal labelmate Annie Hart!
Dusted Magazine describes Kristin Daelyn's music as "pristine gardens of sound... she picks delicate lattices of shimmering guitar and floats elegiac melodies way up into the stratosphere." Don't miss her live! Get your tickets HERE.
New York-based composer & multi-instrumentalist Matt Bachmann is back with his first new music since 2021's Dream Logic. Compost Karaoke, an entirely new album of "bedroom chamber music" featuring contributions from James Krivchenia (Big Thief), Derek Baron (Reading Group Records), & Jeff Tobias (Modern Nature, Sunwatchers), is Bachmann's most adventurous, engaging & fully realized music to date. Richly decorated with horns, woodwinds, percussion, synthesizers, vibraphones, and guitar pedal sonic reimagining,
Compost Karaoke is a musical habitat wholly unique, yet nodding to
Bachmann’s guiding stars—Ryuichi Sakamoto, Natural Information Society,
and RJ Miller, to name a few.
In advance of Compost Karaoke's September 12th release, Orindal Records is proud to share the album's first single & music video, "TIAGDTD."
Foxy Digitalis premiered "TIAGDTD" yesterday, describing it as "a slow hallucination, spiraling inward with a strange grace. Matt
Bachmann builds a rhythmic floor that feels both meditative and
unsteady, where Derek Baron’s minimalist drums and James Krivchenia’s
congas form a kind of twitchy heartbeat under clouds of bass clarinet
and flickering synth debris. The track hovers in that space between
stillness and motion, tension and trance. The video leans into that
ambiguity, with Bachmann and Sophia Treanor moving in loose, mirrored
choreography. Green spandex limbs lock in poses that shift from hypnotic
to uncanny. It’s a little like Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno
by way of dream logic: odd, tender, a little absurd, and entirely
mesmerizing. Everything floats just slightly off-axis but never loses
its pull."
From Matt Bachmann:
"TIAGDTD"'s music video was inspired by a behavioral tic of my late father, who would rub his hands together and grimace as he watched television. The video is an attempt to inhabit the alien behavior as an attempt to understand it. It was amazing to collaborate with Adam Baron-Bloch, Sophia Treanor and V Haddad who each brought their beautiful creative selves to help make something beyond what I could have dreamed of.
"TIAGDTD" is an acronym for a Klingon phrase, "Today is a Good Day to Die." The Klingons are the warrior race within the Star Trek universe, valuing honor above all. To Klingons, there is nothing more honorable than dying in battle, hence the phrase. A central tension for Worf, one of the main Klingon characters, is adapting to society within the federation of planets; Klingons are such a spirited race (drinking blood wine, fighting, listening to opera) and to live within the federation's society, Worf has to detach from his culture. I would tear up when Worf would say "Today is a Good Day to Die" because it felt like he was finally permitted to be his full self. I wrote this song while watching Deep Space 9 during the pandemic and it was partially conceived as an ode to Worf.
British artist herbal tea's debut album Hear as the Mirror Echoes
drifts in and out like a half-remembered dream. Shaped slowly by
songwriter/producer Helena Walker from late-night demos that gradually
bloomed into expansive arrangements.
Drawing on dream pop, ambient folk, and lo-fi production, and citing influences from Sparklehorse to Sharon Van Etten,
there's an otherworldly quality in the way it softly reimagines the
familiar. From the ethereal slowcore of "Seventeen" to the 70s
folk-inspired "Driving Slow", each track belongs to its own distinct
world. The songs swell with ambient textures and bursts of distortion,
building into cinematic crescendos before folding back into quiet
moments of sparse piano and lo-fi dissonance. Helena's vocals, often
recorded at the time of writing, are ghostly with an undercurrent of
gravity, submerged within layers of rich harmonies. Themes of
impermanence, dissociation, and emotional transience run throughout,
with lyrics lifted from dreams, old diaries, and moments of
stream-of-consciousness.
“I’ve always felt like a bit of an outsider, and making music is my
escape.”
Helena says. “I hope this album can be that escape for someone
else.”
Orindal (US) & Gold Day (UK) will release Hear as the Mirror Echoes on vinyl, cassette & digital formats on August 29, 2025. Today we're sharing the album's first single "Seventeen" & its accompanying music video directed by Chris Pugh.
One of Helena’s earliest self-recordings, the first of which she felt truly represented her, “Seventeen” has been through several stylistic transformations since the original demo, a process that helped her and, collaborator and childhood friend, Henry C Sharpe (Sleep Radio) develop the overarching sound of the record.
Sonically the song is a lush, cinematic wall of noise combining hazy guitars, piano and synths with Helena’s dreamlike, layered vocals. It’s a tantalising glimpse into her universe. “‘Seventeen’ was written whilst processing trauma, dissociation and a longing to feel free. I wrote the lyrics in a stream of consciousness. It was one of the first songs where I used songwriting and recording as a form of therapy.” Helena elaborates on the themes behind the single. “I held onto this song for years, but it was hard to get it to fit sonically. It went through so many versions until it finally captured the feeling of the demo. That process ended up sparking a domino effect for the sounds and textures that became the foundation of the entire album. There is a section halfway where the chaos stills and the piano and vocals re-emerge. It’s one of my favourite moments on the record.”
Pre-order Hear as the Mirror Echoes on vinyl, cassette & digital formats HERE.
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Ocean Path, a new 5-song EP by Portland, Maine psych folk artist Lisa/Liza, is out now!
“Ocean Path is a look back at the first songs I made in my
teens and early twenties, including some of my very first recordings. For me, it is a letter from my younger self.” – Lisa/Liza
Find Ocean Path on your preferred streaming service HERE.
Purchase Ocean Path on limited edition cassette & digital formats HERE.
“Deliberate, unhurried songs made in the image of nature’s patient rhythms" – Various Small Flames
On June 27, Orindal Records will release Ocean Path, a
5-song, 27-minute EP of early home recordings by Maine-based singer,
songwriter & guitarist Liza Victoria’s long-running psych folk
project Lisa/Liza. Ocean Path follows Lisa/Liza’s 2023 album Breaking and Mending, an album described by Stereogum as "Spectral and immersive," Deepest Currents as "Incredible" & Post-Trash as "An instant salve."
“Summer’s Dust,” the leadoff track from Ocean Path, is available to stream today in advance of the EP's June 27 release.
Ocean Path is available for pre-order on cassette & digital formats HERE.
Some words on Ocean Path from Lisa/Liza’s Liza Victoria:
Ocean Path is a look back at the first songs I made in my teens and
early twenties, including some of my very first recordings, such as
“Gamble.” For me, it is a letter from my younger self.
This cassette leads down paths of memory, reminding me we are always becoming and growing into who we are and what will be.
There is a peace and sense of pride in holding these songs now in the form of a curated cassette, giving them a place to be.
I wanted to be a musician, I wanted to share my inner world with
others. And now I see where that lead me and feel gratitude for the path
set out before me.
Each song holds time between it, at least a year between each, love
and memory, and different worlds of view, threads between them.
As much as I hope this cassette shares a small piece of me with
others, it is also a little sign on the road that says “keep going.”
Knowing all there is that encourages the path to roll forward,
friends, different lives, and loves met along the way, encouraging me to
hit record and to sing a little louder. It feels hopeful and is a
feeling of being held.
"I Let The Wind Push Down On Me is a beautiful album through and through." — Stereogum
"I Let The Wind Push Down On Me, the second album from Chicago’s Moontype, is due out at the end of this week and it’s fantastic, an indie rock record with art pop dexterity and more than anything else, a true sense of vision." — Post Trash
"Moontype radiate the kind of feelings we’re all chasing." — Paste Magazine
I Let The Wind Push Down On Me, the new album by Chicago, IL's own Moontype, is out now & everybody loves it!
Moontype play their album release show for I Let The Wind Push Down On Me
this Sunday at the Empty Bottle in Chicago with support from Krill 2
& Fran. Moontype will be touring across the USA throughout the
summer, including a September tour supporting Frankie Cosmos! You'll
find all of their live dates HERE.
In 2021, Moontype released their debut LP Bodies of Water. A brand new Chicago band on a small independent label (Born Yesterday), the record made an outsized impact, capturing the attention of outlets like The New York Times, NPR, Stereogum and Pitchfork on the strength of the clear-eyed songwriting of the band's singer/bassist Margaret McCarthy, and the band's gauzy, math-y and full-hearted indie rock. In the years since the band have toured extensively and remained active in their hometown, sharing stages with artists like Frankie Cosmos, Pile, NNAMDÏ, Remember Sports and Finom.
Last month, Moontype returned to announce their signing to Orindal Records and share a new single called "Long Country," and today the band are returning to announce their sophomore LP, I Let The Wind Push Down On Me(out May 23rd on Orindal).
Following the 2021 release of Bodies of Water, the band underwent a recharging period of major and minor transformations. During that time, the band’s lineup grew with the additions of Patter’s Joe Suihkonen, whose other band the Deals has featured collaborations from McCarthy and Moontype drummer Emerson Hunton, and Andrew Clinkman of Spirits Having Fun.
Produced by Katie Von Schleicher and Nate Mendelsohn, Moontype's second album, serves as a reinvention for the band—not just for their new and expanded lineup—but for how McCarthy navigates the changes in her own life and the messy feelings she sings about. It's a patient document of feeling things out, being easy on yourself, and finding the beauty in small moments, which "Four Hands ii" exemplifies.
Listen to "Four Hands ii" on your preferred streaming platform HERE.
Watch the "Four Hands ii" music video directed by Ian Kelly:
As
McCarthy became more at ease with herself and her writing, the songs
came together seamlessly. Even tracks that initially presented
challenges, like “Four Hands ii,” turned into North Stars once the band
figured out where it should go. This ineffable creative rhythm gave them
the confidence to hit the studio. First was a session in Chicago at
Jamdek Studios where they’d track each tune as straightforwardly as
possible. “This was our “Rock Band” session,” jokes Hunton. Then, they
intentionally gave themselves a few months to sit with the material
before they decamped to Maryland and New York to record with Katie Von
Schleicher and Nate Mendelsohn. There, they worked on overdubs, vocals,
and tweaking the arrangements. The distance between the two sessions
allowed them to reimagine and recontextualize the material. “We made a
record in Chicago. Then we went to Maryland and broke it,” says
Suihkonen.
McCarthy says of the track:
"This
one is about desire. Body desire, but it’s the same as the feeling of
needing to drive really fast with the windows down and the music loud.
"It
took a while for us to figure this one out, but it’s become one of our
favorites to play. I think the trick was finding the shape, the swells
and the dips."
Pre-order I Let The Wind Push Down On Me on color vinyl, classic black vinyl or digital formats HERE.
It's me, Owen from Advance Base. Did you know that I run Orindal Records & write all of this stuff? Well, it's been me all along.
Today I'm writing to tell you that I'm continuing my regional explorations of the United State & Canada in
my dogged efforts to share songs from the new Advance Base album Horrible Occurrences far & wide.
On the eve of my March tour of the Western USA & Canada, I'm ready to announce my next adventure: A Spring Tour of the Northeastern USA & Canada. Toronto, ON cellist, singer & songwriter Eliza Niemi will join me for most of the Canadian leg of the tour & the Northeastern USA portion of the tour will be supported by my Orindal labelmates Kristin Daelyn & Lisa/Liza. In addition to visiting some of my very favorite cities, I'll also be visiting a lot of places for the first time on this tour & I really cannot wait to see some new sights! I hope to see you out there.
Beyond the Break is a statement of rare tranquility and wisdom, atmosphere and grace. In
these eight compositions, the songwriter takes influence
from solo guitarists like Leo Kottke and John Fahey as well as writers
like Mary Oliver, whose poem “Patience” inspired the single
“Patience Comes to the Bones.” Through instrumental piecpiecest
highlight her virtuosity as a player and elegant folk songs that
showcase her gifts for tender pop melodies and emotionally incisive
lyrics, Daelyn’s voice feels both urgent and timeless. Like a well-loved
paperback passed between friends, her songs are open to reflection and
personal annotation, designed to be of use.
"If you need more beauty in your life, and who doesn’t, why not check out Beyond the Break?" — Dusted Magazine
"Philadelphia-based folk artist Kristin Daelyn’s Beyond the Break pushes through the environs we call the soul like a quiet but compelling storm. Accented by her deft fingerstyle guitar play, the eight-track set collects stirring instrumentals and contemplative songs, the kind that—in another era—would have oscillated through the late-night airwaves of progressive rock radio alongside works from Jackson Browne, John Fahey and Joni Mitchell." —The Old Grey Cat
"Moontype radiate the kind of feelings we’re all chasing." —Paste Magazine
Orindal is proud to welcome to the label one of our very favorite Chicago bands, Moontype!
In 2021, Moontype released their debut LP Bodies of Water.
A brand new Chicago band on a small independent label (Born Yesterday),
the record made an outsized impact, capturing the attention of outlets
like
The New York Times, NPR, Stereogum and Pitchfork
on the strength of the clear-eyed songwriting of the band's
singer/bassist Margaret McCarthy, and the band's gauzy, math-y and
full-hearted indie rock. In the years since, the band have toured
extensively and remained active in their hometown, sharing stages with
artists like Frankie Cosmos, Pile, NNAMDÏ, Remember Sports and Finom,
but it's been nearly four years since they've shared new music.
After the release of their debut, Moontype underwent a recharging
period of major and minor transformations. “I have gotten better at
being alone, and found ways to feel strong and powerful in myself,” says
McCarthy. “I'm better at having the relationships I want to have and
setting the boundaries I want to set. For this record, I didn't shy away
from dark or hard things, like loneliness, sadness, anger, and
disconnection.”
During
that time, the band’s lineup grew with the additions of Patter’s Joe
Suihkonen, whose other band the Deals has featured collaborations from
McCarthy and
Moontype drummer Emerson Hunton, and Andrew Clinkman of
Spirits Having Fun. “Getting asked to join this band was a beautiful
thing for me,” says Clinkman. “It was exciting to be able to play with
what was my favorite band already.”
Today, the band are returning to announce their signing to Orindal Records and share a new single called "Long Country," which was produced by Katie von Schleicher & Nate Mendelsohn.
Find "Long Country" on your preferred streaming service HERE.
Watch the "Long Country" music video directed by Ian Kelly:
“Long Country” connects the sonic and emotional threads between the first iteration of Moontype and this new one. Over glistening guitars, McCarthy coos, “I wanna feel good every hour of the day.” Eventually, the track curls into something more menacing and eerie. The tempo slows and guitars leisurely strum as she sings, “The truth will hurt too much, the walls you built are strong enough / Nothing can set you free, so steel yourself, go forward blindly.” It eventually peaks into a blistering wall of sound and throughout, it’s unpredictable and thrilling—a testament to McCarthy’s vivacious melodic sensibilities.
McCarthy says of the track:
"I
wrote "
Long Country" during the early pandemic but it’s a feeling I’ve
had many times, feeling trapped in who and where I am. I want to escape,
drive far away, but wherever you go there you are. Sometimes it feels
impossible to change the emotional patterns you’ve built for yourself.
This is the only song where all four of us sing at the same time, and that’s always a special moment."
Moontype are touring across the American Midwest & up the East Coast in March! You'll find ticket links & more info HERE.
Philadelphia, PA singer, songwriter & fingerstyle guitarist Kristin Daelyn's Orindal debut, Beyond the Break, is out February 28! Today, Kristin shares Beyond the Break’s closing track, “It Came to Me Then”. Kristin also shares some thoughts on the song:
"'It Came to Me Then' is a song about the cyclical nature of renewal—the way life continually invites us to begin again. I started writing it while walking a looped trail I’d circled a hundred times before. But on that particular day, I saw it differently. This shift in perspective felt like crossing some threshold. I went home and quickly picked up my guitar, trying to capture the moment I knew one cycle was closing and another was beginning.
The music did its work here. Without intention, the feeling wove itself into the composition. The song moves in familiar repetition, cycling through twice before shifting—there’s a moment of tension, a break in the pattern, and then the song changes completely. The instrumental outro is like stepping into a new journey before softly settling into the acceptance of it. It’s the only song on the record in an open tuning. It’s also the song that ends the album, almost like a send-off, an understanding that the previous chapter has now closed."
“A gorgeous folk ballad, “Patience Comes to the Bones” is all the more enchanting for the spaces it leaves, the soft expanse between words. Gently joined by strings, that ache quietly in the background, Daelyn sings with a thoughtful purpose, like all the power lies in the discovery, in the knowing.” — GoldFlakePaint
“Patience Comes to the Bones” introduces a collection of songs which looks to carve a space of reflection and peace within the tumultuous present, approaching the dissatisfaction and suffering common to us all from a decidedly compassionate angle. Supported by guest appearances from Dan Knishkowy (Adeline Hotel), Danny Black (Good Old War, Gregory Alan Isakov) and Patrick Riley, Daelyn’s soulful vocals and intricate, intimate guitar welcome the audience into the space so that we too might re-examine our lives from new angles and come to appreciate the fellowship to be found in the universality of longing.” — Various Small Flames
Beyond the Break LPs & CDs are in stock & begin shipping next week! Order your copy now to receive it before the February 28 release date! Get 'emHERE.
