The Orange Peels: Begin the Begone
Even as the whiplash, bruises, an… Read Full Bio ↴The Orange Peels: Begin the Begone
Even as the whiplash, bruises, and body aches began to fade, it was like they could feel their old lives beginning to disappear.
Flash back to late November, 2013. On the way to the last show of their Sun Moon tour, founding Orange Peels members Allen Clapp and Jill Pries were in a life-changing accident. Stopped in traffic on Highway 880, Allen had just asked Jill for a piece of gum when they were hit from behind at 60 mph by a drunk driver.
Somehow, the two walked away, were given the OK by the EMTs, and even went on to play the show (their van wasn’t so lucky). But they weren’t the same.
What followed was a year of massive change, beginning with a 5-day recording session at the band’s 15-year headquarters — a midcentury modern Eichler home in the heart of Silicon Valley called Mystery Lawn Studio. In that session, new song ideas spilled out of the band faster than they could complete them.
By the next month though, that house would be on the market, and the two would leave their home and studio to retreat to the Santa Cruz Mountains. “It wasn’t your typical exit strategy,” Clapp says,”It was more like being beat up and kicked into an alternate universe.”
Trading the sleek Sunnyvale abode for a late 1970s hexagonal mountain house in Boulder Creek, CA turned out to be the perfect recipe for recovery. There among the redwoods, the band reconvened on the 2-acre compound — rechristened Mystery Lawn Mountain — to flesh out the tunes, write a couple new ones, and mix the results.
“It wasn’t your typical exit strategy,” Clapp says,”It was more like being beat up and kicked into an alternate universe.”
New inspiration wasn’t hard to find. Many of the songs loosely chronicle the band’s journey over the course of a tumultuous year, so it’s not surprising that themes of loss, discovery, and change dominate the lyrics. Shadows of the experience lurk on the back-to-back tracks “Fleeing the Scene” and “New Moon,” while a more anthemic telling of the tale is condensed into the verses of “9″ — a song about the mountain highway that snakes past the band’s new headquarters.
Maybe it was the shock of the accident that gave lead guitarist John Moremen and drummer Gabriel Coan the opportunity to carry the band forward in new ways. The collection showcases Moremen’s on-the-spot song arrangement chops and marks Coan’s first appearance as co-producer on a Peels record. It’s also the first time the band has released a new record in less than 4 years.
Still, some things remain unchanged. The band’s keen attention to mood and melody is thankfully and marvelously intact. So is the collaborative spirit that launched their 2013 album, Sun Moon. “Begin the Begone” finds the band taking new risks, saying to hell with the consequences, and making the most immediate and adventurous music of its career.
Even as the whiplash, bruises, an… Read Full Bio ↴The Orange Peels: Begin the Begone
Even as the whiplash, bruises, and body aches began to fade, it was like they could feel their old lives beginning to disappear.
Flash back to late November, 2013. On the way to the last show of their Sun Moon tour, founding Orange Peels members Allen Clapp and Jill Pries were in a life-changing accident. Stopped in traffic on Highway 880, Allen had just asked Jill for a piece of gum when they were hit from behind at 60 mph by a drunk driver.
Somehow, the two walked away, were given the OK by the EMTs, and even went on to play the show (their van wasn’t so lucky). But they weren’t the same.
What followed was a year of massive change, beginning with a 5-day recording session at the band’s 15-year headquarters — a midcentury modern Eichler home in the heart of Silicon Valley called Mystery Lawn Studio. In that session, new song ideas spilled out of the band faster than they could complete them.
By the next month though, that house would be on the market, and the two would leave their home and studio to retreat to the Santa Cruz Mountains. “It wasn’t your typical exit strategy,” Clapp says,”It was more like being beat up and kicked into an alternate universe.”
Trading the sleek Sunnyvale abode for a late 1970s hexagonal mountain house in Boulder Creek, CA turned out to be the perfect recipe for recovery. There among the redwoods, the band reconvened on the 2-acre compound — rechristened Mystery Lawn Mountain — to flesh out the tunes, write a couple new ones, and mix the results.
“It wasn’t your typical exit strategy,” Clapp says,”It was more like being beat up and kicked into an alternate universe.”
New inspiration wasn’t hard to find. Many of the songs loosely chronicle the band’s journey over the course of a tumultuous year, so it’s not surprising that themes of loss, discovery, and change dominate the lyrics. Shadows of the experience lurk on the back-to-back tracks “Fleeing the Scene” and “New Moon,” while a more anthemic telling of the tale is condensed into the verses of “9″ — a song about the mountain highway that snakes past the band’s new headquarters.
Maybe it was the shock of the accident that gave lead guitarist John Moremen and drummer Gabriel Coan the opportunity to carry the band forward in new ways. The collection showcases Moremen’s on-the-spot song arrangement chops and marks Coan’s first appearance as co-producer on a Peels record. It’s also the first time the band has released a new record in less than 4 years.
Still, some things remain unchanged. The band’s keen attention to mood and melody is thankfully and marvelously intact. So is the collaborative spirit that launched their 2013 album, Sun Moon. “Begin the Begone” finds the band taking new risks, saying to hell with the consequences, and making the most immediate and adventurous music of its career.
So Right
The Orange Peels Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'So Right' by these artists:
Baskerville Jones I know you can’t promise me the future But, living right…
Bell Book Candle Call me lover Watch me I got something for you Call me lover…
Bell Book & Candle Call me lover Watch me I got something for you Call me lo…
Carly Rae Jepsen Do you really think this is a good idea? I mean,…
Dave Matthews Band Roll out down to midnight Then roll on downtown 'til it's…
DR.JONES I know you can’t promise me the future But, living right…
Eric Dodd If you were a song I'd turn you up If…
Ill Wayno So Right Verse Go on and call it what you…
J Soul Brothers III from EXILE TRIBE 果てなきこのストーリー 闇も光も繋いで 響き合うだけで This can be so right, so right …
K-Klass One two three four five I ain't gone Let's do something cool…
Kelly Price/LOX Catch me in the dirt In the porche burning out Head…
Keznamdi Girl tonight you are mine Take the stress up off yuh…
L.O.X. the Chorus:) These hatters wanna take my life from me/ when…
Love And Squalor You're sweet, patient, loving That's what you are Kind, warm…
Lox Catch me in the dirt In the porche burning out Head…
Marie Davidson Sexual, conceptual Tell me are you sexual Conceptual, sexual…
Music For Sale Love is so funny when you get hurt and you're starting…
Rahsaan Patterson Time to spice it up Time to make it a little…
Rebel Sixx Whine up yuh body for the young dan Make yuh draws…
S Club 7 There was nothing I could do boy, I tell you…
S.I. Collective We're running out of time to make a memory So can…
Sdny (You know you got me falling for you baby, Just promise…
Shaun Hit and run Came into my life like the morning sun Give…
Spyda And G.C. Sleep in this bed together feels so right Boy I don't…
The L.O.X. Feat. Kelly Price Catch me in the dirt In the porche burning out Head…
The Lox Catch me in the dirt In the porche burning out Head…
The LOX Feat. Kelly Price Catch me in the dirt In the porche burning out Head…
三代目 J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE 果てなきこのストーリー 闇も光も繋いで 響き合うだけで This can be so right So right 離さ…
三代目J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE 果てなきこのストーリー 闇も光も繋いで 響き合うだけで This can be so right, so right …
숀 Hit and run Came into my life like the morning sun Give…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Orange Peels:
Circling the Sun I've been falling, I've been failing On the one, the one…
Something in You Somehow, some way Meet you halfway In time, I'll try We'll f…
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found