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Album Review: Mild Orange emit incandescent rays of sunshine in their new shimmering album ‘Looking For Space’: a dream pop classic that sets a high benchmark for 2022.

New Zealand’s dream pop maestros Mild Orange have been casting light into the shadows of the past two years with a steady supply of pulsating, glossy and shimmering singles. ‘Looking…

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Meet: We chat with Josh Mehrtens from New Zealand’s dream pop exponents Mild Orange about the new album ‘Looking For Space’, travel, escape, influences and guilty pleasures (of the musical variety).

Hailing from the world centre of music creativity, Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, Mild Orange have built a world reputation with their brand of exquisitely dreamy pop…

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Track: New Zealand dream pop exponents Mild Orange unveil the ethereal ‘Oh Yeah’ as anticipation builds for their album ‘Looking For Space’ and European tour

The shimmering glow of the music being released by New Zealand’s Mild Orange augers well for their new album ‘Looking For Space’ due out on 10 February 2022, and the…

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News: New Zealand’s Mild Orange, purveyors of shimmering dream pop magic, announce new album and release double singles ‘What’s Your Fire?’ and ‘Hollywood Dreams’ as a tasty aperitif

There is nothing balmy or equable about Mild Orange‘s musical output. This year has seen a stream of the most sparkling, dreamy pop magic from one of New Zealand’s most…

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Track: New Zealand Dream Pop/Shoegaze maestros Mild Orange releases the shimmering ‘Time Of Our Lives’ and announce northern hemisphere tour.

The warm sunshine glow emanating from New Zealand band Mild Orange‘s new single ‘Time Of Our Lives’ is blinding and reassuring. The glitchy syncopated percussion trickles under a hazy array…

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Track: New Zealand’s Mild Orange release the gorgeous, ethereal single ‘This Kinda Day’

Floating over dappling guitars that pluck and ripple underneath, the soft reflective vocals in ‘This Kinda Day’, the new single from Aotearoa/New Zealand dream pop maestros, Mild Orange, are immersive…

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