{"id":4320,"date":"2025-08-07T16:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/orchid-in-the-ivy-releases-a-punk-rock-cover-of-beds-are-burning-in-a-world-grappling-with-change\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:28:06","slug":"orchid-in-the-ivy-releases-a-punk-rock-cover-of-beds-are-burning-in-a-world-grappling-with-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/orchid-in-the-ivy-releases-a-punk-rock-cover-of-beds-are-burning-in-a-world-grappling-with-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid in the Ivy releases a punk rock cover of \u201cBeds Are Burning\u201d in a world grappling with change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/08\/image1-21.jpg\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>Orchid in the Ivy\u2019s punk rock cover of the Midnight Oil classic \u201cBeds Are Burning\u201d could not have come at a better time, in light of ongoing global dynamics, despite coming nearly four decades after the original.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe song explores the challenges Aboriginal Australians have faced, including the loss of land linked to developments such as coal mining,\u201d says Brett Scharf, the guitarist and lead singer of Orchid in the Ivy. \u201cThere are echoes of similar situations here in the U.S., where people are also being forced to leave their communities. It felt like it was very relevant for the times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/primus-los-angeles-guests\/\">Primus Parties At L.A. Show With Tool Members, Matt Stone<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/jeff-buckleys-legacy-lives-on\/\">Jeff Buckley\u2019s Legacy Lives On\u00a0<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/08\/long-live-the-thing\/\">Long Live the Thing<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The three-piece band from Kentucky prides itself in playing a rocking live show of mostly original tunes, but \u201cBeds Are Burning\u201d is always a favorite. Adding a cover to the repertoire is a way to give listeners a bit of a familiar taste, but with a sound that is brand new.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to make it sound a little more like us,\u201d Scharf says. \u201cThis is really the only cover we have ever done. I don\u2019t really like cover songs when they sound exactly like the original. To me, you can\u2019t beat the original, so why try to do it the same?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scharf says that most fans will recognize the chorus when it hits, but Orchid in the Ivy\u2019s rendition of \u201cBeds Are Burning\u201d incorporates a unique, faster, and harder sound. The response has been electric, garnering about 20,000 listens on Spotify since it was released last month. It is one of their more popular tracks to date, and the hope is that it turns listeners on to their originals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeds Are Burning\u201d has been in the works for years, as it was originally recorded more than a decade ago with a different singer in a project that preceded Orchid in the Ivy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scharf is the former guitarist of the band Spindle, which toured with renowned bands before they hit it big. He was signed with a management label, and everything was going well with a new record on the way. But suddenly there was a falling out between band members, and Spindle was no more.<\/p>\n<p>Scharf returned to his hometown and formed the band Rosemary Device, where he met drummer Mark Schulte, who had been touring with the band Krinj across the Cincinnati area.<\/p>\n<p>After the singer for Rosemary Device decided to abruptly call it quits just before the release of a new record, Scharf decided to try his hand at singing, and the rest is history. They recruited bassist Chris Saalfeld, who is a fellow Northern Kentucky University classmate of Scharf\u2019s and was ready and willing to hop right into the band.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe re-did all the vocals on that album, and that is how we kind of became the band that we are now,\u201d Scharf says.<\/p>\n<p>The newly formed group quickly started pumping out material under the moniker of Orchid in the Ivy in 2013, and Scharf says it is all about the energy they bring to the table that makes them special. Scharf says they are a true \u201cpowerhouse trio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe put on a really good live show,\u201d Scharf says. \u201cWe are good writers and have good songs. We\u2019re really tight and have been together for a long time now. With our songs, we don\u2019t try to fit into a certain time period, and with \u2018Beds Are Burning\u2019 it is kind of like it can go in any time period and still work out well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scharf doesn\u2019t necessarily like to compare themselves to their heroes, but they have musical influence from bands like Thrice, Alkaline Trio, Brand New, and Nirvana. Orchid in the Ivy is always working on new music, and right now they are putting together an EP called \u201cLook on the Bright Side.\u201d The band is releasing songs one at a time over the coming weeks, giving listeners a continuous taste of what is to eventually be the finished product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to write songs that take the listener on a ride a little bit, so if you listen to an EP, it\u2019s not just the same the whole way through,\u201d Scharf says. \u201cSometimes that is hard to find these days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out \u201cBeds Are Burning,\u201d and follow the musical journey of Orchid in the Ivy on all platforms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3NCASff9YbvQMh3arL6hnz\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@orchidintheivy?_t=ZP-8wYUoulyJ5D&amp;_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@orchidintheivy8297\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/orchid_in_the_ivy1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SPIN Magazine newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orchid in the Ivy\u2019s punk rock cover of the Midnight Oil classic \u201cBeds Are Burning\u201d could not have come at a better time, in light of ongoing global dynamics, despite&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spin-recommends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}