Halifax-born, Manchester-based trio The Orielles - sisters EsmĂ© Dee Hand-Halford (bass, vocals) and Sidonie Dee Hand-Halford (drums, vocals), with Henry Carlyle Wade (guitar, vocals) - hover between pop-rock instinct and art-school experimentation. Itâs a sound thatâs patient and tactile, and subtly progressing into something a little heavier and darker.
New single âThree Halvesâ, the first from upcoming album âOnly You Leftâ, is built from droning organs, cello and guitar; dense one moment, airy the next. The title began as a working name, the track having evolved from three stitched-together recordings, but grew into a metaphor for the bandâs shared intuition and the strange symmetry that binds them.
As the band explains, ââThree Halvesâ flips between its absurd contrasts as the name suggests⊠it floats between noise and emptiness, precision and catharsis, welcoming each half as it leads into the nextâ. Itâs a fitting reflection of their chemistry, three distinct voices moving as one, each leaning into the otherâs space.
đ§ Listen to âThree Halvesâ below