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Preston Lovinggood: vocals, guitar
Chip Kilpatrick: drums
Taylor Shaw: guitar
Garret Kelly: bass

On its self-released Nervous Blood Records EP, “THE WHALE,” Wild Sweet Orange cast a hauntingly powerful and naturalistic spell that is simultaneously widescreen and intimate, contemplative and rousing. Songs like “Wrestle With God” and “Be Careful (What You Want)” smolder and spark with nostalgic ache, the big music driving singer and songwriter Preston Lovinggood’s vivid reflections and recollections of suburban dysfunction and decay. Wild Sweet Orange takes listeners to that place where the deepest memories both good and bad become raw, unfettered emotion.

“Whatever we’re writing about, whatever we’re singing about, it’s coming from our hearts,” says Lovinggood. “I know that sounds kinda lame, but it’s only so if you don’t mean it. We’re coming from a place that’s honest and I think people respond to that.”

The Birmingham, Alabama-based band’s bonds go back to the very start, with all its members connected via their roots in the suburb of Homewood. Lovinggood and drummer Chip Kilpatrick met attending church choir practice and, as Lovinggood recalls, “became instant best friends.”

The two began making music together, with Kilpatrick who’d been playing guitar and drums since he was extremely young teaching young Lovinggood to play “a bass that was as big as me.” When guitarist Garret Kelly moved to town, he quickly became the third member of the fledgling group.

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RhyeKno wrote:
August 2009

Best band hands down. Come to Asheville!

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Monica_Mihai wrote:
August 2009

Love them!

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flipxfx wrote:
August 2009

Taylor and Garret will be missed =[

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tampapd19 wrote:
July 2009

I always knew there was more to Homewood than the old gigantic spiral slide in the park and the shadow of Vulcan's exposed iron rear end.

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Lucky_Romeo wrote:
July 2009

"the not quite good enough for keep an ear out but still has potential tag" что это за .... ХРЕНЬ?! =)

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falloftroys wrote:
July 2009

Greaaaat live.

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SkylineDancing wrote:
June 2009

I like 'em. :D

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ohmetalheart wrote:
May 2009

dad i miss you. (do you even read this, p?)

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woesalad wrote:
April 2009

What album do you guys recommend for a Wild Sweet Orange noob??

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keithmueller wrote:
April 2009

i was floored at the guster show last night

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mariep88 wrote:
April 2009

Amazing job with Guster tonight. You guys are my new faves!

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rolans wrote:
March 2009

Saw them live at Harvest of Hope. Honestly one of the best acts there, though the crowd was quite small.

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soleildame wrote:
February 2009

love love love loveeee

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LinkKN2 wrote:
February 2009

I love you guys SO much.

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yayabean wrote:
January 2009

i fell in love when i saw them last year! they're greeeeat, (shit, i hear tony with a lawsuit)

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vangelicmonk wrote:
January 2009

Love their stuff and got the Whale EP and their latest release now. Amazing stuff. My "Fall" album and great with Autumn weather even though it is winter now.

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JLief wrote:
December 2008

hey everybody help the band out and go to the website below and vote for their video Either/ Or to get in rotation on mtvU! it only takes 5 seconds...vote twice! http://freshmen.mtvu.com/freshmen_nominees/1.2192#

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bleedmemory wrote:
December 2008

i love the ache.

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pillcake wrote:
November 2008

not usually what I listen to but I find myself making an exception for their folk sound... there is just something unique about them...

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sendaparamedic wrote:
November 2008

Saw them in Orlando :D

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