I met Brian King on Christmas Day at a small get-together. He took on the noble task of playing the acoustic guitar while the rest of us either sang out of tune (me) or shook a shaker for obnoxious’ sake (again, me). Later, after we put our instruments down, I learned that Brian had a band. Oooh, a band I haven’t heard yet: Oranjuly.

I was a bit perplexed by the name and asked him how he came up with it. Simply put: he was born in July and orange is his favorite color. It wasn’t until a few days later that I pulled up their page on bandcamp and was totally wowed. After listening to “Her Camera” and hopping out of my chair to dance to this ridiculously catchy tune I was admittedly a little surprised. It starts off on the quiet side then BAM! Give it a listen, you’ll see what I mean. When I asked Brian who his influences are he said Jon Bon Jovi's “Young Guns 2” soundtrack.. He was kidding.

Oranjuly -- "Her Camera"

-- Danielle Freudenthal