Fizzy Orange have now released their hotly anticipated debut EP, ‘Fizzy Orange in Mono’. The audience’s first extended soirée with the sextet, the EP is a bundle of everything they are about, using techniques from across the '60s, '70s and '80s, and lacing the nostalgia with modern glamour. Using rich vocal harmony, dynamic rhythms and playful instrumentation, Fizzy pay homage to their heroes, writing with warmth and exuberance. The new tunes on the project are a welcomer edition, exploring new ideas and nailing them time and time again, whilst the previous singles slot perfectly into the new context, keeping up the Fizzy Orange excitement.
The six-piece dive into the release, "We love all things simple, self aware and slightly 60’s. There’s a lot of smoke and mirrors between an independent band that are self-releasing and reaching people. A lot of slow process’ and time commitments. Without any external helping hands or deep pockets to push things forward our best practice has always been DIY.
For our debut EP we decided to commit to a couple of classic techniques in writing and recording. We went down the country for a writing session in co. Leitrim and then straight back to Sonic Studio’s in Dublin. We worked with engineer Iain Faulkner who convinced us to commit everything to MONO. We were sold on just committing an entire recording session to the classic direct sound, most of our references were Beatles/Beach Boys anyway. We used all outboard analog gear, did reference mixing on the studio desk and just committed from the get go. No going back now! It was co-mixed and mastered by Karl Barnes (Loom Sound Studios).
It doesn’t always work, when recording fast and often on listening back you can become very critical of yourself. But when you look around and your bandmates are the same people from school days spent jamming in a shed in 2016 it’s easier to convince each other to keep on keeping on. We still get back to that shed now and have conjured up our best tunes. Maybe something in the walls, the smiles or the faces wearing them. Fizzy Orange In Mono is an ode to DIY Dublin City Soul music!”
Hailing from Dublin, Fizzy Orange are on a mission to bring their vintage rooted sound to the forefront. Playing at the likes of Two Palms, Hackney, a sellout headliner in London, and performing across their home of Ireland, they are fierce in their independence and grassroots attitude.