The DeBUT ALBUM

What keeps your head up when the going gets tough? For me, it's "The Good Stuff".

"This record is a combination of 4 songs (*) I wrote during the early COVID -19 lockdown and 5 from the older Melted Crayons catalog. We created it in apartments, basements and a few select studios over 2020. The Good Stuff highlights the positive things that I focused on during the pandemic. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I did making it." -Orion Redwolf

From a funky, psychedelic solo performance on “What Is Love” to a heartfelt Americana arrangement on “The Letter”; grooving soul bass and horns on “The Good Stuff” to indie rock electric guitars on “Kaleidoscope”, the album is full of diverse feelings and sounds. 

Press Quotes

"When Orion Redwolf was a child, and adults asked him, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” he remembers thinking, “I kinda just want to sit in my bedroom and play music.” Now ...he’s released singles and played many, many gigs. But when the pandemic hit, Redwolf found himself sitting in his bedroom, playing music—it became the perfect environment to write his debut album... The pandemic gave Redwolf time to reconnect with his music on an intuitive level." ~ C-ville Weekly

"Thematically, The Good Stuff explores how to uncover the good in any situation by living wholly and meaningfully in the present moment... One of my favorite parts about listing to the album was getting to drift through the rolling sonic landscape, which seamlessly transitions from Americana to Psychedelic Funk to Neo-Soul and everything in between." ~ Boxcar Collective

Released September 3rd, 2021

Performed by Orion and the Melted Crayons.

Thank you to Joan-Loren and Azad, the Faruque Family, all 5 of my siblings, my niece and nephew,  Tamara Doucette, Vincent Zorn, Chris Doerman, Ryan Blanton, the people of Charlottesville, The Havana Music School, Gypsy, Whisper, Lego, Mother Earth and Louis Smith.

Ingredients of The Good Stuff

Asher McGlothlin, 

Brenning Greenfield, 

Brian Roy, 

Connor McCarthy, 

Courtney Jacobs,

Elie Bashkow, 

Gina Sobel,

Jacob Carlson, 

Kara Rojer, 

Louis Smith,

Mattias Zuffoletti, 

Nan Macmillan, 

Orion Faruque,

Ryan Goodrich, 

Ryan Wood,

Torri McDaniel, 

Yazmin Bowers

Cover art by Hannah Baskhow

Back and Layout by Orion Redwolf

Produced by Orion Redwolf Faruque

Mastered by Greg Reierson of RareForm Mastering

Produced during the 2020 Pandemic in Charlottesville VA. 

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