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{{Infobox song
| name       = Orchard Park
| type       = Single
| artist     = [[Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties]]
| cover      = Orchard Park Single Cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2017|10|5}}
| recorded   = 2017
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Folk rock]], [[indie rock]], [[emo]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://substreammagazine.com/2017/10/aaron-west-orchard-park/|title=Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties share new song “Orchard Park”|accessdate=October 12, 2019|publisher=Substream Magazine}}</ref>
| length     = 4:07
| label      = Loneliest Place On Earth
| writer     = Dan "Soupy" Campbell
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Bittersweet (Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties EP)|Bittersweet]]
| prev_year  = 2016
| next_title = [[Routine Maintenance (album)|Routine Maintenance]]
| next_year  = 2019
}}
"'''Orchard Park'''" is the first non-album single from American folk rock project [[Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties]], released on October 5, 2017, through Loneliest Place on Earth.<ref name=ModernVinyl>{{cite web |url=http://modern-vinyl.com/2017/10/05/aaron-wests-orchard-park-being-released-on-flexi/|title=AARON WEST’S ‘ORCHARD PARK’ BEING RELEASED ON FLEXI|accessdate=October 12, 2019|publisher=Modern Vinyl}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
==Background==
On October 3, 2017, the Aaron West Twitter announced that a new song was imminent.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ThisIsAaronWest|number=915292527904919558|date=October 3, 2017|title=Aaron West on Twitter: "New song this week."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011171756/https://twitter.com/ThisIsAaronWest/status/915292527904919558|archive-date=October 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 5, 2017, "Orchard Park" was made available for purchase as a [[Flexi disc|Flexi]] single, with 450 copies being sold online and 550 being sold on tour.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ThisIsAaronWest|number=915986669471518721|date=October 5, 2017|title=Aaron West on Twitter: "The 'Orchard Park' Flexi Single is now available via loneliestplaceonearth.com. It comes with an instant download of the song. Ltd to 1000.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011173244/https:/twitter.com/ThisIsAaronWest/status/915986669471518721|archive-date=October 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=credits>{{cite tweet |user=ThisIsAaronWest|number=915986735842172928|date=October 5, 2017|title=Aaron West on Twitter: "450 available online. The rest on tour. Produced by @ace_enders and @DuckPondJIX. Violin & Mandolin by @smackinyc. Accordion by Mike Kelly."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011173751/https:/twitter.com/ThisIsAaronWest/status/915986735842172928|archive-date=October 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The online copies sold out the same day,<ref name=ModernVinyl /> and the song was made available to stream on October 6, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockfreaks.net/news/29067|title=Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties stream new single "Orchard Park"|accessdate=October 12, 2019|publisher=Rockfreaks.net}}</ref> Along with the tracks from [[Bittersweet (Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties EP)|''Bittersweet'']], the song was originally written for a second LP, but was released on its own because Dan Campbell was too busy to make an entire Aaron West album.<ref name=RockSound>{{cite web |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/dan-campbell-on-the-aaron-west-narrative-there-is-a-redemption-arc-built-in|title=DAN CAMPBELL ON THE AARON WEST NARRATIVE: “THERE IS A REDEMPTION ARC BUILT INTO THIS ALBUM”|accessdate=October 12, 2019|publisher=Rock Sound Magazine}}</ref> Because the song depicts Aaron and his mother spreading his father's ashes in Orchard Park, some have thought the song takes place before ''[[We Don't Have Each Other]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/section/arts/aaron-west-single-review|title='Orchard Park' is a comforting reflection on coping with death|accessdate=October 12, 2019|publisher=Michigan Daily}}</ref> but Campbell has stated that the song takes place in late May or early June 2014, after the events of [[Bittersweet (Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties EP)|''Bittersweet'']].<ref name=RockSound /> The song is the first Aaron West release on Loneliest Place On Earth, [[The Wonder Years (band)|The Wonder Years]]' self-made label.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/news/38569/Aaron-West-visits-Orchard-Park-/|title=Aaron West visits Orchard Park|accessdate=October 12, 2019|publisher=Sputnik Music}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1          = Orchard Park
| length1         = 4:07
}}
==Personnel==
;Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties
* Dan "Soupy" Campbell – Vocals, Guitar, [[Musical composition|Writing]]
;Additional musicians<ref name=credits />
* [[Sean Mackin (musician)|Sean Mackin]] – Violin, [[Mandolin]]
* Mike Kelley – [[Accordion]]
;Production<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chorus.fm/news/aaron-west-and-the-roaring-twenties-orchard-park/|title=Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties – “Orchard Park”|accessdate=October 12, 2019|publisher=chorus.fm}}</ref>
* Arthur "Ace" Enders – Producer
* Nik Bruzzese – Producer
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:2017 songs]]