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ORCHARDS
ORCHARDS DIGGING DEEPER
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ON MUSIC AND THE MIND...
Hi. I'm Lucy from Orchards. It is more important than ever to check in on others. Make sure your loved ones are staying physically and mentally safe. Empathy is key right now. But let's talk about your mind, huh? We as a band pride ourselves on creating safe, inclusive and positive spaces. Our shows are environments where you can be whoever you want to be, whilst dancing your socks off to indie summer bops. We've just released our debut album 'Lovecore', the week before lockdown actually, so our minds are all over the 'essential' shop. Whilst writing this record, like any artist, we put ourselves under huge amounts of pressure. Pressure to get it right, pressure to do a good job, pressure to be our very best. But pressure is not a creativity producing environment, so that's where self care comes in. Musicians (as cliché as it sounds) live with their hearts on their sleeves. The more honest and open you are with your mind and thoughts, the more creative it allows you to be. Now we aren't reinventing the wheel here, we're just trying to make you smile and bring a little happiness into your day. But the topics we chose to speak about are completely raw and open. The lead single off our record is called 'Sincerely Overwhelmed', something Sam (our guitarist) said to me pre-show last year when I was mid anxiety-attack before a headline gig. And that's it. Overwhelmed. There is such expectation and pressure on our generation to be nothing but flawless and 'instagram perfect' all the time, but that's simply not real life. We put socially negative topics with positive upbeat music. The lyrics were emotional for me, sometimes a little too close for comfort, but the benefit of this is the emotion is strong enough to reach the listener and maybe make you dance a little and get some negative energy out of your subconscious. During recording, we made sure to take time for ourselves. Music aside. Just some good family time. Throw the nerf rocket around, play a little football, listen to some podcasts. Clear our minds so when we arrive back to create nothing but the music matters. Wow. Cheesy but music is cheesy. I suppose in conclusion, take the time. Make the time. Find the time. It exists. Open the pressure valve otherwise you'll explode. The music industry (life) can be a difficult place to be sometimes but with the correct amount of empathy and self care, anything can be achieved. Anything is possible.
