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C.M.S.O. reviewed by recent music heroes

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Always pleased when our music is still making an impact a couple of years on. Perennial favorite Recent Music Heroes just reviewed Orca, Attack!’s C.M.S.O. The review is in Estonian (which I think is a first for us!); here’s a Google translate-generated excerpt:

Doo wop, panoramic Americana, sardonic electronica, music from academia mixed into something magical. The light blue American Dream that fades out of reach — it was already in the formula — and is replaced by a real life killer whale attack on the symbols of affluent life — as has recently happened with yachts in the Mediterranean

Many thanks to Borealiscape, aka Agier Music.

More Accolades for Sensasi

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Biggest congrats to animator Weng Shan Lim, whose short film Sensasi (which uses Orca, Attack!’s “Literature Review” from C.M.S.O. as its music) is making the rounds on the film festival circuit. Most recently, Sensasi was named a Finalist in Lift-Off Global Network’s Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions, and was selected for the 34th Cinemagic Young Filmmaker Film Festival in Belfast and the Student Selections of the 8th Edition of Punto Y Raya Festival in Lisbon. And, last but not least, Sensasi won Best Experimental film at the XI Festival Universitario Audiovisual EMBRIÓN.

We’re so honored that our music was included in this wonderful work by Weng Shan, and that it’s getting the acclaim it deserves.

Sensasi Short Film, featuring “Literature Review”

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Orca, Attack!’s “Literature Review” from C.M.S.O. is featured in a new short film by animator Weng Shan Lim. The film has already been selected as a Finalist in the 2023 Student World Impact Film Festival for Best Animation, as well as Special Mentioned in the 19th Mini Film Festival. We’re so flattered to have our music included in this vibrant and mesmerizing piece. Catch a preview on Instagram or Vimeo.

ANTIGRAVITY REVIEW

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Wonderful new review of You Won’t Remember This in the new ANTIGRAVITY Magazine! Jesse Lu Baum writes, “You Won’t Remember This is a living example of form married to function. Created by the local duo Orca, Attack! (Elizabeth Joan Kelly and David Rodriguez), the two-song EP is part of DIY label superpolar Taïps’ cassette single and EP series, and is as quirky as the label and its chosen medium…It’s a delightfully odd listen!” Catch the full review on the ANTIGRAVITY website or in print (!) if you live in New Orleans.

On The Fringes of Sound and Space Is The Place

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There’s a lovely review of You Won’t Remember This from On The Fringes of Sound:

The title track is an instant attention grabber as it begins with indie-folk vibes that quickly take an electronic with soaring pads and tight percussion that blend in perfectly. The next track “World Map” takes us in an even stranger direction as warm electric bass lines mix it up with more airy percussion and springy synth lines.

Also, new episode of Space Is The Place on CandoFM; catch the archive on Mixcloud or below:

Vital Weekly and The quietus reviews

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Great day for You Won’t Remember This reviews. First up, Vital Weekly writes, “‘You Won’t Remember This’ is a breezy Avant-folk tune with a slightly hoarse voice, starting mellow with acoustic guitars but fully opening up when the drum machines and electronics kick in… ‘World Map’, on the other side, is a bit more abstract in terms of ‘pop’ or ‘folk’, with a significant role for the drum machine, and all the other sounds around appear in a dub form, coming and going. But the melodic aspect of this song isn’t forgotten and gives this song a great flavour as well.”

Then the Cassingle series gets a shoutout in this month’s Spool’s Out column in The Quietus (!!!!). “From a tentative acoustic opening, the duo of Elizabeth Joan Kelly and David Rodriguez ascend to a glorious Tropicália meets shoegaze epic. It’s ridiculous in its ambition, cramming an album’s worth of ideas into two minutes and thirty seconds.”