Former Straitjacket Fit heads into a new Orbit
Seeds of Orbit have listened to the people’s pleas for a mighty homegrown psychedelic band – and boy, have they answered
them. Listening to their self-titled EP, you can imagine yourself transported to a lounge draped in purple brocade,
incense wafting through the air, the sounds of psychotropic riffage meeting mod pop melodies…feel free to rock out, or
simply absorb the music.
Something of a supergroup, this three-piece has a deep love for heavy mod, stoner rock and acid folk. Made up of Mark
Petersound (aka Mark Petersen – Straitjacket Fits, Cabbage Bomber, Shaft), Bridgette Bowie (The Doris Days, Cabbage
Bomber and legendary all-girl punk band Fake Purr), and Marty Doo (NZ: The Beads; Australia: Glide, Challenger 7,
Scruffs, Grapefruit), their mind-alteringly psychedelic debut EP ‘Seeds of Orbit’ has just been released on Powertool
Records.
Seeds of Orbit’s release party will be quite the happening, taking flight at Auckland’s Thirsty Dog onSaturday February
22. The support acts are also pretty stunning in their own right - Simon McLaren(Love’s Ugly Children, the Subliminals,
Sleepers Union) brings his exciting new band Psychic Maps from Christchurch, and guitar virtuoso Gem Indigo completes
the entourage.
Seeds of Orbit EP release extravaganza
8pm Saturday February 22
Thirsty Dog - 469 Karangahape Rd, Auckland
with very special guests Psychic Maps and Gem Indigo
ENDS