Orbital - Optical Delusion (Album Review) @TheWonkyAngle

Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Orbital's 10th album sees the brothers distilling their solo styles apart from each other in one of their tightest and most straightforward listens yet, and of course I still ended up making my longest album review to date breaking down all its nuances. Can you tell I'm a big fan of these guys?
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Listen: orbitalofficial.bandcamp.com/album/optical-delusion
More Orbital reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL4LUXrPZGQut9kX3_6vkWvJ

Favorite Tracks: Day One, Are You Alive?, You Are The Frequency, Dirty Rat, Requiem for the Pre-Apocalypse, What A Surprise, Moon Princess (if the Amazon-exclusive bonus tracks count, add on all three of those)
Least Favorite Track: Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)
Overall Rating: 8.5/10

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