Nothing Rhymes With Orange Release New Single Monday, on Monday!

Rapping on this today, because Devizes young heroes Nothing Rhymes With Orange unleash their latest catchy banger, Monday, tomorrow, which is coincidently or not, a Monday, and we all know Mondays are a load of old tosh and if we had a half decent government Mondays would be banned by now, and being it’s Monday I doubt I’ll get time to mention it then, because it’s Monday, which is kind of what this indie-punk treat is about…..

I could direct the band’s attention to Smiley Lewis, who prior to The Boomtown Rats, New Order and The Bangles, had a single whinging about Mondays way back in 1954, and note the though the concept is far from new, Nothing Rhymes With Orange are not only the first to reference a Greggs steak bake in a song about Monday, but also, Smiley Lewis or none of the above ever drooled on their mate while sleeping on the bus, as far as history books reveal.

The band tells us the tune has “more of an indie-punk sound, a step away from the softer indie-rock of previous tracks and we’re exploring this genre with more songs of a similar style.” Though the subtle difference will, and does already, encourage the live audience into a frenzy at the bridge, to consider such may not be as commercially viable is to note it was the track picked up and played by BBC Introducing this month. Can’t blame them really, it’s a brilliant tune.

“The inspiration for our new single, ‘Monday’, came about when we were chatting about the ‘Monday morning dread’, when you wake up tired and everything goes wrong,” they explain, though you could effectively walk into a lamppost on any other day, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be on a Monday, but I’m afraid, when it comes to pastries, you get what you pay for, boys; believe me, I’m something of an expert on them.

Timeworn romance topics can be a stable subject, but something which drops in some light-hearted humour it’s more often than not a chicken dinner, particularly within their genre. I pray you’ll recall Wheatus for Teenage Dirtbag rather than A Little Respect, or Foundations of Wayne for Stacey’s Mom rather than Someone’s Gonna Break Your Heart.

It sure is a great tune, with a lot of work gone into it, despite the festival season in full flight, and the band have certainly been gathering appeal and pushing new geographical boundaries, with 30K streams across all platforms. Still to come, they’re live on hometown Fantasy Radio from The Crown in Devizes on 24th August, and a couple of summer festivals remain, Honey Fest and Box Rocks. They also play The Pump on 1st September, The Lamb, Marlborough the next day, their self promoted gig at Devizes The Corn Exchange on the 10th, and its onto Moles in Bath, and we’re looking at 15th December for them to make their debut at the trusty Southgate.

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