Women by Orions Belte

Orions Belte has been a steady supplier of groovy, catchy and dreamy instrumental pop since their 2018 debut album Mint. Women is their third studio album, but that doesn’t tell the whole truth when you also count their two live albums with accompanying films, three EP’s and a huge project where each of the members released their own solo album under the Orions Belte moniker. The three musicians rarely sit still, and the inspiration seems to be endless. This is probably also why their music is in such high demand.

As usual, all the songwriting and production is done by the band members themselves, and this time they have put a lot of effort into making everything bigger and more powerful than on the previous records. The string arrangements flow easily throughout the record. It almost feels like releasing a million balloons all at once while lying looking at the night sky and dreaming of road trips on bumpy country roads through the Amazon in Brazil.

There is always a great span to the Norwegian trio's songs, and on Women we are served noisy guitar riffs on "Silhouettes", cinematic string arrangements on "I Will Always Miss You", irresistible and catchy summer vibes on "Jai Alai", while Louien (Live Solberg) contributes beautiful vocals on the almost mournful "When You're Gone, I'll Be Gone". Matias Tellez is – as expected of an Orions Belte release – involved in the mix, while Ola Kvernberg and Øyvind Torvund have written string arrangements.

Tracklist

1.	I Will Always Miss You	4:24

2.	Masacote	3:16

3.	Silhouettes	4:43

4.	Lucid Dreaming	3:25

5.	Coup de Cæur	1:41

6.	When You're Gone I'll Be Gone	4:37

7.	Casablanca	3:32

8.	Jai Alai	4:06

9.	Night Sky	3:02

10.	Slice Co.	1:37

11.	Balloonfest '86	2:44

12.	Trans Amazonian Highway	4:57

Credits

released October 6, 2023

Chris Holm: bass, vocals, keyboards, percussion, melodica, mandolin
Kim Åge Furuhaug: drums, percussion, jaw harp, drum machine
Øyvind Blomstrøm: guitars, vocals, keyboards, mandolin, percussion

All songs written by Orions Belte, except "When You're Gone I'll Be Gone" written by Orions Belte/Louien, and "I Will Always Miss You" written by Orions Belte/Øyvind Torvund

Strings arranged by Øyvind Torvund ("I Will Always Miss You") and Ola Kvernberg ("Silhouettes", "Night Sky")

Additional musicians:

"When You're Gone I'll Be Gone"
Louien: vocals

"Silhouettes", "Night Sky"
Ola Kvernberg: violin and viola

"I Will Always Miss You"
Martin Shultz: violin
Julia Dibley: violin
Yumi Sagiuchi Shultz: viola
Ben Nation: cello

Produced by Orions Belte
Recorded by Orions Belte, Njål Paulsberg and Bertrand Blais
Mixed by Matias Tellez
Mastered by Christian Obermayer

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