Orba Squara is Mitch Davis. Mitch Davis plays what is being called “simple music.” Orba Squara made a debut record, sunshyness, in 2007, that made a huge splash. It was compared to Moby’s Play in terms of impact in the music business, for whatever that’s worth to you. So now, Mitch Davis, the project that is Orba Squara, is all set to do it again. The follow-up to one of the most licensed albums in music is about to be released and of course the big question is, “will it measure up?” Except, no… nobody’s asking that question out loud. Because, remember, Orba Squara makes “simple” music, darlings, get it?

Yeah, this indie/acoustic/folksy artist has very cleverly wound his way around this maze of second album disappointment by ensconcing himself in a genre that expects, no… requires understatement. What a fucking perfect psych out that is! Well, let me tell you, from having lived in NYC, it takes a New Yorker to dream that up and pull it off! Kudos, Mr. Davis, and well done!!

Do I sound bitter? I don’t mean to be. The single I was given is truly good. I love the feeling ”Trouble With Flying” evokes, it’s a kind of modernization of “Within You, Without You” from the first vinyl record I ever bought, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It’s all the sitar and the story telling in each case here. Trouble With Flying has a beautiful indie beat, far from the Beatles attempt to adopt a more Eastern tempo. And the vocal is much less trippy, well… ok, a little less trippy, ha! But I love the way there’s aurally so much going on in this song and yet he’s convinced everyone that it’s all so simple! Bravo!

Go over to the official website here, and you can catch a rather large snippet of the songs on the album, it’s got cool pictures too! From what I have heard there, I eagerly await this album release. Hope you do too, xoxo