Orsome Welles Are Taking Their Releases Slow And Steady

Bands who are relatively early in their career have a number of choices to make, with regards to format, release and timing of their early releases. Melbourne-based progressive alternative heavy-hitters Orsome Welles have opted to record and release a second EP, before making the massive commitment that is writing, recording and releasing a debut album. Rise was recently unleashed and frontman Michael Vincent Stowers explains why they chose this approach.

"It was not due to a lack of material," he laughs, "we just wanted to make sure we nailed down the process, the entire thing, the writing, the production, the recording and the release and touring. We want to make sure that's of the highest quality we can, so that when we go in and do the first full-lengther, it's ready to go and ready to take us beyond Australia."

"We really feel like we've got an amazing mix and commitment in the band, and we feel this is for the long haul."

The band have toured extensively across their homeland since their formation five to six years ago, however they have not left our shores to play just yet. Stowers states that this is indeed a major goal for the band in the not too distant future, but it must be at the right time.

"Yeah definitely," he confirms with conviction, "I think when it's lined up with the release of an album will be when we'll do it. We're getting some attention on some fandom sites in Sweden and Germany and places like that, so we're getting our feelers out there and it would be just amazing to head over and go on tour in Europe and America and anywhere else we can get to."

In fact, they spend a fair amount of time actually formally discussing their hopes and aspirations as a band and formulating their longer term goals. "Yeah, we do," he says, "I think you have to because it's a big commitment for everyone. Not just in a financial way but in a time way, people's time is precious, and also emotionally and creatively. It takes a lot to do it, you can't have one weak link in the chain who isn't fully there."

Stowers feels that the band has the strong set-up required to achieve these goals in place now. "We really feel like we've got an amazing mix and commitment in the band," he states confidently, "and we feel this is for the long haul. That's why we can take our time to release things, we want to build on what we've done and just make it better every time we do it."

In the shorter term, the band have a major tour in support of the EP's release coming up very shortly, a tour that is quite momentous for them in multiple different ways. "It's our first full headline tour," he states, "that's something we've been building towards for a long time. It's also our new bass player's first run of gigs, so what an awesome time for him to kick off his time in Orsome Welles."