Painting A Musical Portrait With CHRIS THEMELCO From ORPHEUS OMEGA

HEAVY Music Interviews

By Erin Eddy
Not too many of us would be fortunate enough to be able to claim to be more passionate about our job 15 years in, than we were at the very beginning, but Orpheus Omega frontman Chris Themelco says that’s precisely the case for him.
“This far into the band, I actually feel more energised and motivated than any other point,” he
explains. “During lockdown there were definitely those moments where we had that chat of ‘what if we’re done?’ you know, but we very quickly realised that was definitely not the case.”
Orpheus Omega is about to release a five track EP that approaches song writing from a different angle than the band ordinarily takes.
Each of the five members has penned a song of their own, and the band has compiled these to create the Portraits EP.
“Everyone wrote their own song with their own sort of take and it’s where everyone’s at at this point in time as a person,” says Chris, regarding this project.
They have also put a lot of thought and effort into the way in which this EP will be released.
“We’re doing it as a limited vinyl release through Antivinyl Vinyl Club and that’s specifically because the artwork and everything is really put together to be as a package,” says Chris, “It’ll be on Spotify and stuff, but the whole idea was centred around doing it as a vinyl, and that makes it kind of exciting as well.”
Each song is being released as a single, with the fifth and final song, Exit To Observe, dropping on April 20, when the entire EP will be available. Currently four of the five songs have been released into the wild and can be found on streaming platforms, and music videos can be found on the band’s YouTube channel.
To celebrate the release of Portraits, Orpheus Omega have scheduled a launch show on May 6 at The Evelyn in Melbourne.
“We’ve got some pretty cool ideas in mind specifically for this show,” teases Chris, “so I would say if you haven’t seen us before, or even if you have and you want to see something a bit different from us, this is definitely the show to get to.”
HEAVY got the chance to have an in depth conversation with Chris about the new EP, the launch gig and music festivals, including his take on the experience that was Knotfest.