The Orchids has been played on NTS in shows including Crossed Wires w/ Amanda Siegel, featured first on 26 May 2017. Songs played include Teenage Babylon, Turn Off The Lights and If Boys Got Pregnant.

One of the most prolific bands on Bristol, England's legendary indie pop label Sarah Records, the Orchids were also one of the label's most press-shy outfits. Formed in 1986 in Penilee, Scotland, a suburb of Glasgow, the Orchids took their initial inspiration from some of the city's better-known acts of the time, particularly Lloyd Cole and the Commotions (singer James Hackett sounded more than a little like Cole and was…