Orgy at the Gramercy Theatre

Jay Gordon

Born in San Francisco, California, vocalist Jay Gordon formed Orgy in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, Orgy hit immediately with a remake of New Order's "Blue Monday," as the track sold more than one million copies. After three albums, however, Orgy splintered in 2005, but Gordon reformed the brand with a new lineup in 2011. The present Orgy lineup consists of Gordon, guitarists Carlton Bost and Ilia Yordanov, bassist Nic Speck, and drummer Ryan Browne. Orgy released a single, "Army to Your Party," on May 11, 2018, ahead of its forthcoming album, at present entitled #newmusic.

"Orgy Tuesday," the only two words on the marquee of the Gramercy Theatre tonight, might have raised the curiosity of neighborhood residents, but the hard rockers and industrial music fans inside the venue knew the score. Orgy's Bring Your Army tour saw the revamped band play many of its best known songs plus its one new single. An animated Gordon sang the familiar mid-tempo pop melodies to the band's grinding riffs and banging beats, and the new song showed that Gordon viably used Orgy's signature sound responsibly to lead the new roster into trademarked territory. Orgy's set was tight and energetic, but without solos or playfulness from the musicians, the show seemed overly centered on the singer, as the musicians crunched the appropriate backing. On every song, Gordon incessantly and pointlessly paced the stage left to right and back again and again and again, dozens and dozens of times. This reviewer found this activity exceedingly aimless and annoying, and would have enjoyed the concert more if he was not constantly twisting his neck to follow the singer's non-stop side-to-side strides.

Visit Orgy at www.orgymusic.com.

Setlist:

1. Suckerface
2. Dissention
3. Gface
4. Suck It
5. Talk Sick
6. Fetisha
7. Comeback
8. Opticon
9. Fiction (Dreams In Digital)
10. Army to Your Party
11. Revival
12. Stitches
13. Blue Monday (New Order cover)