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The Geelong-forged trio last graced us with a studio offering in the form of 2018’s characteristically heady \u003ci\u003eThe Space Between\u003c\/i\u003e, before touring Europe and America back-to-back supporting King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard in 2019. But time rarely passes as expected, whether slowed by pandemics, side pursuits or other vagaries of daily life. What’s important is that a fourth album is finally here, with enough byways and trapdoors to keep us well occupied indeed. The long-awaited \u003ci\u003eTailem Blend\u003c\/i\u003e LP arrives on Fuzz Club in Europe and North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaturated in vintage warmth and depth, \u003ci\u003eTailem Bend\u003c\/i\u003e showcases ORB’s knack for achieving tuneful hypnosis amidst a dank roominess. It snakes through big, brash riffing as often as it does sun-dappled psych pop, with memorable rhythmic runs and funky wah licks along the way. As signalled by the cover artwork from Parsnip’s Paris Richens – which depicts either a swan or a fish, depending on how you look at it – ORB have returned with an album that rewards taking it in from multiple angles. There’s plenty of the band we know and love, but there’s also enough of the new to prompt a healthy succession of double takes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are still the inevitable avalanches of fuzz, but also present now are mellower passages and a renewed focus on rhythm and space. It’s not a wholesale departure, but it’s distinctive enough to be reflected in the album title itself. The source? Tailem Bend is a quiet town in South Australia whose name was evocative enough to catch the band’s collective eye on tour. Conjuring images for them of some lost prog act, the name reportedly derives from the Ngarrindjeri word “thelim”, referring to a sharp bend in the nearby Murray River. 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Shroomed out doom rock extra-special… early Sabbath, Edgar Broughton Band, Buffalo…down tuned and grooving up the stoned rock \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Castle Face","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50465108099403,"sku":"1015933","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1a4025c2-b235-4db3-b489-19ce7c8286e3_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727509652"},{"product_id":"birth-1","title":"Birth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe skies have opened and dropped a trio of kids from Geelong, Australia, packing some seriously futuristic sludge: ORB. A heaping helping of proto-metal chops meets paranoid sci-fi fantastical ravings, replete with some tasty synthesizer werk that breaks it up just so. Close-mic'd to perfection by Total Control's own Mikey Young, these epics swing with demonic swagger and crackle with the static of a menacing future, twisting and churning through loose-limbed riffery, all punctuated by a wail that sounds as if it's coming from every hidden camera outside the Ministry of Love. 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