{"title":"The Orchestra (For Now)","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"plan-76","title":"Plan 75","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig tip for 2025 from Rough Trade Shops. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Orchestra (For Now)\u003c\/strong\u003e release their ambitious debut EP \u003cem\u003ePlan 75\u003c\/em\u003e. The release is a wild-eyed collection of songs that represent a collective of true musicians in perpetual motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLast year, without any music online, the band quickly became an exciting fixture in the UK’s live music scene and, with \u003cem\u003ePlan 75\u003c\/em\u003e, they solidify that promise with four tracks of pure invention. Lead single and second ever release \u003cem\u003e“Skins”\u003c\/em\u003e is an acerbic burst of confidence that is emblematic of their debut collection, a remarkable achievement that fuses a winding, progressive piano figure with a bug-eyed vocal performance from Joseph Scarisbrick that only builds in intensity throughout the song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Skins”\u003c\/em\u003e alludes to the frenetic angst of teenage drama without the band ever having seen a single episode. The ever-shifting nature of \u003cem\u003e“Skins”\u003c\/em\u003e underpins the band’s desire to never stagnate on \u003cem\u003ePlan 75\u003c\/em\u003e. Their music is in a constant state of flux: motifs come and go, pop-culture references and black humour mesh with images of sinking, desolation and escape, all while being wrapped in a maelstrom of sound containing strings, raging guitars and a vocalist that refuses to compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePreviously released track \u003cem\u003e“Wake Robin”\u003c\/em\u003e, an 8 minute odyssey, closes out \u003cem\u003ePlan 75\u003c\/em\u003e, detailing the early stages and origins of the band that stemmed from a previous project. From this rebirth the band created \u003cem\u003ePlan 75\u003c\/em\u003e, four tracks of anxiety, invention and skill that highlight the payoff of ripping it up and starting again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Orchestra (For Now)","offers":[{"title":"Black 12\" | Rough Trade Exclusive 2","offer_id":51167079465291,"sku":"2242092","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black 12\"","offer_id":51167078089035,"sku":"2241453","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black 12\" | Rough Trade Exclusive 1","offer_id":51342861009227,"sku":"2241455","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed-2025-02-20T171713.337.jpg?v=1740071863"},{"product_id":"plan-77","title":"Plan 76","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003ePlan 76 sees The Orchestra (For Now) continue to develop on their maximalist approach to what they have self-described as “London prog”. Combining avant-garde rock theatrics, intricate classical interplay, pastoral baroque indie, post-hardcore dynamics, jazz-tinted freakouts, and everything in between, the EP is an expert-level exercise in tension and release. The elements that made their debut a breakthrough success are still there, the compositions are unpredictable yet unmistakably hook infused, and there are droll references to pop culture and the world surrounding them, but here everything is levelled up, the underpinning fragility wrapped in a shroud of musical confidence that can only come with such wide-eyed ambition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLead single “Hattrick” perfectly encapsulates their progression. The saturation and contrast have been driven up, the darker corners accentuated, their wider palette more vibrant and colourful. Labyrinthine instrumentation swells and bursts into moments of shamanic vocal power, cinematic strings, a driving rhythm section, and unrestrained guitars, before burning up and giving way to brooding, ruminative verses. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking on the EP, the band explain  “Plan 76 completes the first story we wanted to tell. It is a continuation of the themes in our first release but placing what we established there in different worlds and situations. Instrumentally speaking it is, to us, more ambitious. Not because we are playing incredibly complicated parts, but the opposite - we tried to refine rather than complicate. There are incredibly exposed moments, where we stripped the instrumentation back (which is not natural for us to do). This EP is also setting the scene for what will come next..”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last couple of years have seen the band on the kind of ascent that most new acts can only dream of. They’d played the main stage at Green Man Festival, appeared at End Of The Road Festival, and played several sold-out headline dates before even officially releasing a single. Having honed their sound on the London live circuit, the band released their much-anticipated debut EP Plan 75 earlier this year igniting a fire amongst critics and their fanbase-cum-congregation alike. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Orchestra (For Now)","offers":[{"title":"12\" - Black | Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":53267100139851,"sku":"R5140-4640","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"12\" - Black","offer_id":53266721145163,"sku":"R5140-2080","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TheOrchestra_ForNow_-Plan76-TOFN7V-Packshot.jpg?v=1756373448"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/the-orchestra-for-now.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}