Jemilah Ross Hayes spoke with bassist Tom Kelk and vocalist/songwriter Josh Mehrtens. Six years later they are living together in London and promoting their third album, ’Looking For Space’. Sound familiar? This version is a dream-pop, indie-rock act so chill they named themselves Mild Orange. Inside Out, the stately romance of Coldplay's Parachutes, and the patiently intertwining guitars of classic Kiwi jangle-pop, Mild Orange (out now) is a confident step out into the world.Four new friends from different corners of Aotearoa came together during their time at Otago University to form a band. Triangulating somewhere between the dusky atmospheres of Yo La Tengo's And Nothing Turned Itself. Mild Orange share their self-titled sophomore album, deemed "the quintessential summertime album" by Riot Magazine. Their internet cult has gone international, with fans emerging everywhere from Sydney to Santiago, Los Angeles to Istanbul, Casablanca to Kathmandu. Their 2018 debut album Foreplay was an independently released word-of-mouth hit that earned them tens of millions of streams and views, a global fanbase, and led to the band's first-ever European tour, including sold out dates in London and Paris. Mild Orange are Josh Mehrtens (vocals/guitar, production, artwork), Josh Reid (lead guitar), Tom Kelk (bass guitar) and Jack Ferguson (drums), four friends who came together while studying at the University Of Otago. The band are taking their uplifting and powerful live show to the another level and are looking forward to giving New Zealand fans a first taste before the rest of the world.įor complete tour and ticket and information, visit: .nz New Zealand’s own MILD ORANGE announce their first show after the release of their sophomore album, playing in Auckland's Powerstation on September 19.
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