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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · 1d

Big thanks to Dan Goldin for reviewing Across a Violet Pasture by Greg Jamie for @post-trash.bsky.social !!

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · 8d

It's Bandcamp Friday. Your support means we can continue to bring you beautiful, strange & vital music.

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Just a small sampling of the 80+ magnificent titles available from Orindal Records

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · 14d

This is the final weekend of Orindal Records' 14th anniversary sale. Get 20% everything in the webstore when you use discount code OWENSENTME at checkout.

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you for all of your hard work. You've made an invaluable contribution to your community & the culture at large.

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you @talkhouse.bsky.social

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Matt Bachmann and Karima Walker Find Their Meaningful Struggles

The artists talk the importance of discomfort in their creative processes, Compost Karaoke, and more.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 22d

Genuinely think Owen Ashworth's Orindal Records have a pretty untouchable track record. This latest, from Helena Walker's Herbal Tea is a woozy psychedelic dream-folk treat, with shades of Linda Perhacs or a more pastoral Grouper. It's so lovely I don't even mind that her group is called Herbal Tea.

Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Sep 4

"This album is pure pleasure for 41 minutes, a calm and gorgeous respite from the noise around us."

Thank you Jennifer Kelly for reviewing Hear as the Mirror Echoes by herbal tea for Aquarium Drunkard.

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Herbal Tea :: Hear as the Mirror Echoes - Aquarium Drunkard

Herbal Tea’s Helena Walker bills herself as a folk artist, but her latest album hews closer to the slowcore 1990s dreamscapes of artists like Mazzy Star, Mojave 3 and Cocteau Twins. The artist, out of...

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you Brad Rose & Foxy Digitalis for premiering the latest from Greg Jamie!

Brad Rose @foxydigitalis.bsky.social · 24d

Premiere! Lovely new track from Greg Jamie's upcoming album, "Across a Violet Pasture." Josephine Foster features on the track, heightening the hopefulness trying to claw its way out. Album is out next month on Orindal.

Track Premiere: Greg Jamie “Beautiful Place”

“Beautiful Place” opens like sunlight piercing through thick clouds, a living drone that sets the tone for small, blossoming hopes. Greg Jamie’s guitar lines tease out melodies as tangl…

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · 29d

Compost Karaoke by Matt Bachmann is out today!

"odd, tender, a little absurd, and entirely mesmerizing. Everything floats just slightly off-axis but never loses its pull." - Foxy Digitalis

Order your copy now at mattbachmann.bandcamp.com/album/compos...

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Jennifer Kelly @jenpkelly.bsky.social · Sep 4

“It’s not exactly folk and not exactly dream pop, but rather music poised between the two, leaning one way, then the other, without losing its balance,” says me of the truly gorgeous new album from Herbal Tea. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/04/h... @aquariumdrunkard.com

Herbal Tea :: Hear as the Mirror Echoes - Aquarium Drunkard

Herbal Tea’s Helena Walker bills herself as a folk artist, but her latest album hews closer to the slowcore 1990s dreamscapes of artists like Mazzy Star, Mojave 3 and Cocteau Twins. The artist, out of...

aquariumdrunkard.com

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Sep 4

"This album is pure pleasure for 41 minutes, a calm and gorgeous respite from the noise around us."

Thank you Jennifer Kelly for reviewing Hear as the Mirror Echoes by herbal tea for Aquarium Drunkard.

aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/09/04/h...

Herbal Tea :: Hear as the Mirror Echoes - Aquarium Drunkard

Herbal Tea’s Helena Walker bills herself as a folk artist, but her latest album hews closer to the slowcore 1990s dreamscapes of artists like Mazzy Star, Mojave 3 and Cocteau Twins. The artist, out of...

aquariumdrunkard.com

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Sep 1

"In the age of self-promotion, where artists are expected to constantly shout loudly for your attention, herbal tea seems to be playing her own game, a slow burn, a gradual progression, an artist willing to wait for you to find her, and one who will definitely be ready for you when you do."

For The Rabbits @fortherabbits.bsky.social · Sep 1

Releases via Ample Play Records, Basin Rock, @westernvinyl.bsky.social, @orindal.bsky.social & @golddayrecs.bsky.social fortherabbits.net/2025/08/15/f...

Five Things We Liked This Week – 15/08/25

Further Listening: 5. Cornershop & Eden Gray Are Such A Dam Good Double Act 2025 continues to be a year of returns, and you could easily lump Cornershop into that group; however, while their fa…

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks for listening, Alex!

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hear as the Mirror Echoes, the debut album by herbal tea, is out today!

"blissfully woozy, dreamy pop... It’s a very promising album that doesn’t fight for your attention, but just creeps in under your skin and stays there." – No More Workhorse

Listen & purchase here: album.link/kzxkqcz0fcmf6

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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · Aug 27

Like ambient pop? We suggest herbal tea.

Cool Band Alert - herbal tea

Insomniac ambient pop for romantics

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 28

"music that exemplifies ambient pop at its loveliest, as structured and singable as it is apt to dissolve into glimmering pools of sweet sound."

Thank you @bandcamp.com for recommending Hear as the Mirror Echoes by herbal tea!

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Cool Band Alert - herbal tea

Moonshine daydream

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Attention physical media lovers: I Let The Wind Push Down On Me by Moontype is now available on CD.

Get your copy here:
moontype.bandcamp.com/album/i-let-...

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 27

"wistful, bittersweet, and deeply nostalgic, like flipping through an old photo book of half-forgotten memories."

Thanks @undertheradar.bsky.social for premiering "Driving Slow" the final single/video from 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚's debut album 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨.

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Premiere: herbal tea Shares New Track, “Driving Slow”

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 21

𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚- 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝑬𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒔 "Pastoral Swirl" vinyl LP w/ 3 color Risograph-printed lyric poster

IN STOCK & SHIPPING NOW!

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GoldFlakePaint @goldflakepaint.bsky.social · Aug 21

You can listen to Episode 2 of our new radio show, Lost Souvenirs, right now.

An hour of songs old and new, back to back, all carefully curated and mixed: goldflakepaint.ghost.io/lost-souveni...

Episode 2 ft. Teethe, Florist, The Sundays, Broken Social Scene, Dijon, Andy Shauf, Dean Johnson & more

Lost Souvenirs: Episode 2 out now

Thank you to everyone who took the time to listen to Episode 1 of our new radio show. I listened to the valuable customer feedback and you can hear me introducing Episode 2, as a real person on a real...

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you to Will Schube & @floodmagazine.bsky.social for writing about Matt Bachmann's latest single, "Heavy Step."

floodmagazine.com/203862/matt-...

Matt Bachmann Shares New Technicolor Funeral March “Heavy Step”

Compost Karaoke will arrive on September 12.

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 13

"I'd Get Away" is perfect (in all of its imperfections); a little weary, & quietly haunting in a way you can't quite express or even understand. I sat with it & tried, & all that came to mind: it's really, really good – in all of its dark weirdness and more."

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192 Greg Jamie - I'd Get Away

Greg Jamie is a devotee of dark weirdness In the notes that introduce us to the brand new album from Greg Jamie, they describe the Portland, Maine songwriter as "an established devotee of dark weird...

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Totally Real Records @totallyrealrecs.bsky.social · Aug 13

New Greg Jamie album 💜 gregjamie.bandcamp.com/album/across...

Across a Violet Pasture, by Greg Jamie

10 track album

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Orindal Records @orindal.bsky.social · Aug 9

"herbal tea takes the DIY intimacy of bedroom pop and expands outwards, building what might otherwise be humble demos into rich, nuanced soundscapes, as though the original basis of each track is merely a door through which entire new worlds lie in wait."

varioussmallflames.co.uk/2025/08/07/h...

herbal tea - Submarine

Various Small Flames preview Hear as the Mirror Echoes, the debut LP by herbal tea on Gold Day Recordings and Orinal Records, with 'Submarine'

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INDIE MUSIC IMPRESS @indiemusicimp.bsky.social · Aug 8

2025/08/08 [herbal tea - Submarine]
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英・ブリストルの、アンビエント/ドリームポップ・アーティストデビューアルバムよりMVが先行公開中

herbal tea - Submarine

INDIE MUSIC IMPRESS is an indie music (video) blog. Logging new music videos almost daily.

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Mindies @mindiesview.bsky.social · Aug 7

Herbal Tea estrena ‘Submarine’, un single atmosférico que fusiona slowcore y ambient. La canción, parte de su álbum debut, evoca la búsqueda de refugio en la oscuridad. www.mindies.es/2025/08/herb...

Herbal Tea navega en las profundidades con ‘Submarine’ | Mindies

Herbal Tea, el proyecto musical de Helena Walker con base en Bristol, estrena ‘Submarine’, su nuevo single que anticipa el álbum debut ‘Hear as the Mirror Echoes’, previsto para el 29 de agosto bajo l...

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