London seven-piece The Orchestra (For Now) returned with news of their second EP, Plan 76. Out 31^st Oct, the release follows closely on the heels of their debut EP Plan 75, which was released earlier this year to widespread plaudits. To mark the announcement, the band have shared a frenetic new single titled “Hattrick”.

The band’s new single “Hattrick” perfectly encapsulates their progression. The saturation and contrast have been driven up, the darker corners accentuated, their wider palette more vibrant and colourful. Labyrinthine instrumentation swells and bursts into moments of shamanic vocal power, cinematic strings, a driving rhythm section, and unrestrained guitars, before burning up and giving way to brooding, ruminative verses.

Speaking on the single, the band says “Like a lot of our songs, ‘Hattrick’ has taken many forms. It began as a sequence of sections that Joe wrote words to, and we altered it into its final shape as the narrative began to emerge from those words. It’s a series of explosions and attempts at recovery and reckoning.”

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