Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark "Peel Sessions 1979-1983" (RSD 2025) COLOR:(/2500) Veterans of Chicago’s increasingly fruitful

Veterans of Chicago’s increasingly fruitful DIY scene Jason Balla ( Ne-Hi and Earring) Emily Kempf (Vail and formerly with Lala Lala) and drummer Eric McGrady share a strange and inexplicable chemistry

"We wanted it to have the effect of an urgency

says it plainly

Originally released in April 2005

"Pay Your Rates" negates the notion of easing into things

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark "Peel Sessions 1979-1983" (RSD 2025) COLOR:(/2500) Veterans of Chicago’s increasingly fruitfulOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), founded by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, emerged from Liverpool in the late 70s and are rightly regarded as one of the original synth pop outfits of the following decade. Notably also one of the more successful, they have enjoyed at least 20 hit singles and over 40 million records sold to date. Their early years were highly influential and the Peel Sessions 1979 1983, acclaimed by many fans as the band at