A Round of Sound

Garret Kelly and Taylor Shaw (far left and 2nd from left, respectively) have performed their last WSO show.

This time last year Wild Sweet Orange was busy preparing for the release of their long awaited debut full-length, We Have Cause to Be Uneasy, by performing a CD release show in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.  Well, last night, the four piece performed what they called their “last Wild Sweet Orange show of sorts” at Workplay Theater in front of those very same hometown fans.  Over the weekend, on their myspace blog, WSO announced that longtime members Garret Kelly and Taylor Shaw would  be departing the band and Tuesday night’s show would be their last, leaving Preston Lovinggood and Chip Kilpatrick to carry on the Wild Sweet Orange banner.  So while this doesn’t mean the end of Wild Sweet Orange per se, it is the end of an era and at this point Preston and Chip are being pretty ambiguous as to how the band will progress from here on out.  But, I think it’s safe to say that a change in style is a very real possibility and many of their songs through the years may very well have been retired at last night’s concert.

Over at al.com, you can find uploaded videos from last night’s show so you can pretty much catch the whole thing including the final song complete with loads of hipster kids taking the stage to sing along.  YAY for teen angst!  But boo for the end of an era…

[“Ten Dead Dogs” – We Have Cause to Be Uneasy]