Orphan Mothers

“Electronic music from the Prairies for open spaces in tight places.” Orphan Mothers’ band description says almost everything there is to say about their first single. A electronic beat pulses throughout “Towers,” varying synth noises are scattered, and the light vocals from Eden Rohatensky weave between the soundscape they create. With the Prairies as a steady foundation, “Towers” builds a promising future. - Grayowl Point

Saskatchewan duo Orphan Mothers make what they call “electronic music from the prairies for open spaces in tight places”. It’s a pretty accurate description of their first single, “Towers”.

Like a boat drifting downriver and catching in the reeds, the warm delivery of vocalist Eden Rohantensky glides smoothly into jangly guitars and sparkly percussion. The tempo is unhurried, the ambient soundscape indolent. This all builds slowly towards a crescendo of rushing guitars (is that a waterfall in the distance?) for a very satisfying climax to a great track. - Noonday Tune

“Towers” – Orphan Mothers. Smooth, delicate R&B-esque tune with some indie-rock flair in the guitar. Remember The Antlers? They’d be jamming to this. - Independent Clauses

If you're a regular listener of the show, you know we love good music. And that we scour our music library for the perfect songs to pair with our stories.

Take Tuesday night's episode. Researchers at a Singapore university have been trying to build a robot to assemble Ikea furniture. A powerful story that deserved a powerful song. Cue Vancouver band The Albertans, with their 2011 track, Furniture.

A few nights earlier, it was a questionable report found in a British tabloid -- something about a Daddy Long Legs invasion striking the U.K. A clear choice there: we hit play on a track called, Swarm, by Winnipeg's Indicator Indicator.

Well, our playlists might have prompted this tweet last night from the band Orphan Mothers. It reads:
"New @OrphanMothers scheme:
1 . Name new songs about current wacky news stories
2. @cbcasithappens plays our music
3. ???????
4. Profit?" -@Jon_Neher

Hmmm. Sounds like they've got a plan. Although Step 3 needs work.

But, Orphan Mothers, we'll save you the trouble of writing a new song. We already found one we love. We just have to find a reason to play it. A couple Google news searches later, this is what we found:

A restaurant in the small town of Beachwood, Ohio, says it wants to add new seating and "change its look." The renovation at the diner is expected to cost nearly $300,000. Local city planner George Smerigan says the restaurant doesn't require new parking.

Still awake? Well, it may not count as "wacky," necessarily...or remotely interesting. But, that riveting report was the best news story we could come up with. Here's the connection: the restaurant's name is "Yours Truly." And, here's a great song by the same title. From their album Hindsight, this is Regina's Orphan Mothers, with Yours Truly.

Orphan Mothers, prepare to profit. - CBC Radio