theorchestrafornow.com

A rarity that I reckon a few of you might appreciate on here. I first came across The Orchestra (For Now) when going to watch The Rebel during his Windmill Residency. In Ben Wallers fashion, The Rebel was shockingly bad, a punishing performance. However, I was fortunately introduced as a result, to my first The Orchestra (For Now) show, albeit with a reduced line up of only four members. The set was great, I had no fucking clue what was happening or what to expect but I loved it, particularly a one off rendition of The Strip where Neil was on vocals. I was none the wiser at the time that it was a one off version and for whatever reason searched through the depths of youtube to find it as I enjoyed it so much (the EP version is also great btw). With no luck, I asked the man himself if he had a recording on his phone of this version. To cut a long story short, he didn't.

I've invested an unnecessarily large amount of time to salvage this potential lost piece of digital media, for better or for worse, you can decide.

The video is currently unlisted but will remove it if asked to do so by the band. Anyways, enjoy it while it's up.

https://youtu.be/R0ubAM9jK38?si=h5ElrTN8zH7GUyIm

thank you for this it’s epic to hear these as we did so much stupid fun stuff in early shows that I no longer remember

handcock wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 12:04 am thank you for this it’s epic to hear these as we did so much stupid fun stuff in early shows that I no longer remember

Was a great way to be introduced to your ensemble (: Have fun at the ICA tomorrow! Wish I could have made it :')

Woah this is funny. Was I on bass guitar I can't remember. Will have to bring this version back as the definitive version.

J