In compiling all of their non-LP material, mostly stuff from splits, you can hear how much they've progressed throughout the years. Totality is broken up pretty cleanly into sections that are distinct from each other, but connect with each other as well, giving the compilation an excellent flow. For instance, the first four songs are all clearly from around the time they made Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!: bassy intros leading into massive bursts of screamo energy. The next set are from the Chaos Is Me period, and so on and so forth. Point is, even if you didn't know this material from the splits, you can clearly tell when it was made in the band's career. Not to mention that pretty much all this material is fantastic, whether it be the late-90's hardcore they played or the short, spastic explosions of chaotic screamo. It's actually quite impressive that even the most obscure material from Orchid is this good, because it lends credence to the notion that Orchid, pound-for-pound, may have been the greatest screamo band of all time.
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