The Orion Experience are a bouncy, fun-loving indie pop group whose mischievous songs nod to acts like
the Hard Lessons,
the Rentals, and
Alphabeat. The band formed in 2005, born of a collaboration between longtime friends
Orion Simprini and
Linda Horwatt. After kicking some ideas around and generating some material,
Simprini and
Horwatt decided that they needed a few more members in order to round out their sound. They welcomed bassist
Chris Lucas, drummer
Jon Weber, and guitarist
Reef Roxx into the fold, and got to work recording their debut full-length, 2007's
Cosmicandy. The album's lead single, "I'm Obsessed with You," made some waves in the blogosphere (notably with blogger Perez Hilton), and the band hustled back into the studio to make some new recordings. Their sophomore effort, a self-titled EP produced by
Jon Kaplan, was made available online the following year. ~ Margaret Reges, All Music Guide