by Tom Roden
Orlando Seale is reincarnated to take on consumerism, vanity and web culture.
Categories: EP Review, Listen, Review • Tags: Debut EP, HARPO SMITH, HARPO SMITH EP, Orlando Seale, Orlando Seale and The Swell, Retail, Superyacht, Terrible Girl
by Tom Roden
We have a swell chat with actor-turned-musician Orlando Seale about his music and his art.
Categories: Exclusive Content, Interview, Listen • Tags: Interview, Music, Orlando Seale, Orlando Seale and The Swell, Wrestling
by Tom Roden
Orlando Seale is struggling to stay afloat in video to latest single Wrestling.
Categories: Video • Tags: Alternative, Listen, Music Video, Official Video, Orlando Seale, Orlando Seale and The Swell, Video, Watch, Wrestling
by Tom Roden
How did Orlando Seale’s dramatic sound come across at their Wrestling single launch in London?
Categories: Live Review, Review • Tags: Adam Beattie, All Of The Dogs, Brooke Sharkey, I Love You Beast, Indie, Live, Live Review, Orlando Seale, Orlando Seale and The Swell, Oslo Hackney, Richard Strange, Single Launch, Wrestling
by Tom Roden
Orlando Seale’s latest single holds your emotions in a full nelson.
Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Alternative, Listen, Orlando Seale, Orlando Seale and The Swell, Review, Single Review, Track Review, Wrestling
by Tom Roden
Orlando Seale & The Swell’s follow up to the last time we covered them, ‘All Of The Dogs’, is one of the more interesting tracks we’ve had the pleasure of listening to this week. Maintaining the same level of intimacy that was a shining point of ‘Filthy Jope’, ‘All Of The Dogs’ is a much more brooding and climactic experience. The music creates a dramatic tension as it throws together atmospheric strings with various shades of guitars, from indie chimes […]
Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: All Of The Dogs, Music Review, Orlando Seale, Orlando Seale and The Swell, Review, Track Review
by Tom Roden
Orlando Seale & The Swell are just… wow. Their new single ‘Filthy Hope’ is a stomping masterpiece that shifts from sweeping grandeur to heartfelt intimacy in such a naturally smooth way that you barely notice it even happens. Musically, we’re caught in a whirlpool of electronic washes and deep bass notes that keeps the experience feeling very insular but still spreading out like a wave to wash over everybody. In a way, it’s like an electronic equivalent to shoegaze. And […]
Categories: Review, Track Review • Tags: Filthy Hope, Orlando Seale, Orlando Seale and The Swell, Review
