Orange and Blue — Nirvana

It's the 'other' Nirvana doing beautiful, string-drenched 60s pop, including a wild cover of Lithium.

A gentle, sepia-toned collection of baroque pop that feels like a nostalgic daydream.

Released in 1996, Orange and Blue is a retrospective collection from the British psychedelic pop group Nirvana (Patrick Campbell-Lyons and Alex Spyropoulos). Despite the mid-90s release date, the material largely consists of previously unreleased recordings and reworkings of songs dating back to their late 1960s and early 1970s heyday. The album gained notoriety for its cover of the Kurt Cobain-penned 'Lithium,' a nod to the legal dispute over the band's name that resulted in a settlement allowing both groups to coexist. Sonically, the album is a masterclass in baroque pop, featuring the lush orchestral arrangements and 'chamber' sensibilities that defined their classic work like 'The Story of Simon Simopath.' It serves as both a final statement and a curated gallery of the duo's ability to blend classical instrumentation with psychedelic whimsy, standing as a vital document for fans of the 1960s UK underground.

Put this on for

dusty photo album open on your lap and nowhere to be morning light hitting the wood grain of an old piano quiet walk through a park where the leaves are just starting to turn tea cooling on the coaster while you watch the rain browsing a used bookstore where the aisles are too narrow waking up before the rest of the house on a sunday

Moments worth waiting for

The surprising transformation of Lithium into a baroque pop ballad with delicate piano and strings.

The way the woodwinds intertwine with the vocal melody on the title track.

The haunting, skeletal arrangement of The Face at the Window that feels like a lost 1967 demo.

Sits beside

Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies, Begin - The Millennium, The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks, S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things

Lyrical territory

nostalgia, self_examination, nature