Pinegrove - “Orange“ (Acoustic)

“Orange“ is a new song by Pinegrove. orange, a waltz about the climate crisis, was written on the day in 2020 that the photos of oregon’s eery, bloodshot sky circulated the internet. the song tries to balance outrage at those preventing progress—politicians elected in good faith to protect us who instead believe themselves celebrities—with the etherial, almost dissociative feeling of being alive at the end of history. the mirage on offer by today’s political theater does nothing to assuage our concerns as we watch where the money actually goes: the american military, one of the single greatest global sources of fossil fuel emissions. so for all who have on one hand heard the desperate scientific prognosis, & on the other seen the already-weak promises on the campaign trail traded in for endless wars—it’s tough not to lose heart. this isn’t a song trying to convince anyone that climate change is real. it’s for people horrified at the government’s inaction to what we can all see with our own eyes. as this sum