Teenage trio
The Orielles are destined to become Halifax's greatest exports. Having met at a house party, they bonded over a shared love of US bands from the 90s. "Henry was wearing a Green Day t-shirt, and we thought it was really cool," remembers 18-year-old vocalist Esmé Dee Hand Halford. After striking up an instant friendship, Esme, her sister Sidonie B, 21, and guitarist Henry Carlyle Wade, 17, decided to meet up for a jam the next day. "Then we just started gigging," Sidonie recalls, adding that they were originally "doing covers" but decided to make their own tracks soon after.
Currently, they're in the middle of listening to Late Night Tales: ‘At The Movies' while travelling to London for a gig at The Social. Their tour bus soundtrack is telling of The Orielles' musical and creative influences; Esme and Sidonie are passionate about film, while Henry adores art; "we're all quite creative, I guess," Esme says. The show comes at the opening leg of a 19-date UK tour: not bad for a band with only a handful of released songs to their name. But The Orielles' productions are far from ordinary fare: debut single ‘
Sugar Tastes Like Salt' is an eight-minute-plus burst of sprawling spatial-funk that's full of confidence.
