(Andy Synn is here to tell you to open your minds to the outstanding new album from Orgone)
As I’m sure most of you are aware by now, I consider genre terms to be a useful tool – in the right hands, anyway – to help guide and inform listeners, whether in general or specific terms, about what to expect (or not) when listening to a new band or album.
That being said, I don’t think bands should necessarily be limited or confined by genre traits and tropes if they don’t want to be (even if creativity often thrives within constraints).
After all, bands are just people, and people – in all their infinite diversity and infinity combinations – cannot (and should not) be defined by just a few, simplistic terms.
The human condition, you see, is less of a spectrum and more of an endlessly cascading kaleidoscope, one which looks different to everyone… and so is the art we produce.
Which is why trying to pin down the avant-garde, genre non-binary approach of Pittsburgh experimentalists Orgone would be a mistake (and a disservice to both the band and their audience).
