Fridays After Five: Orion and the Melted Crayons

Based in Charlottesville VA, Orion and the Melted Crayons creates a signature sound by blending developing lyrics, intricate harmonies, and musicality with smacking grooves. With a penchant for finding joy in the world, TMC contrasts soaring highs and everyday vibes with poignant pain atop a bed of sweet chords and polyrhythms.

The September 3rd, 2021, debut album, "The Good Stuff", adds a neo-soul, rock and indie sound while still touching on the original Appalachian roots of the project. The songwriting is designed to help listeners feel, to feel good if they can but first to feel so that later they can feel good.

Songwriter and producer Orion Faruque views The Melted Crayons as the songs he writes and knows the music will gather the multi-instrumentalists needed to bring them into existence. The vision created by The Melted Crayons will take you on a sonic tour of your heart.

Over the course of a couple years, the band has grown from an acoustic based project to a full-blown funk rhythm section comprised of Electric Guitar, Violin, Mandolin, Trumpet, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Drumset and Bass Guitar. The band loves swapping instruments to better serve the song so you may find them playing musical chairs during their next show.

Listen to their new music at www.Orionandthemeltedcrayons.com/music or on all streaming platforms.