Rock/Review Josh Orange - Believers And Dreamers (What Have We Become)

Josh Orange is an Australian folk rock band formed in 2004. Founding members Gordon Burke and Andrew Wass had been playing together for a few years, jamming at parties and generally hanging out together in an apartment they shared in Sydney’s Inner West suburb of Glebe. The band recorded their first album, "Big Day Tomorrow," in 2005 with their great friend and bandmate Baline Munnings on bass guitar and Alex Miller on drums.

"Believers And Dreamers (What Have We Become)," Josh Orange's captivating new single, is a multi-layered, emotionally charged anthem that combines melodic complexity with social critique. The song, which was recorded in April 2025 in Sydney's Everland Studios, showcases the band's unwavering dedication to meaningful songwriting and daring musical exploration and represents twenty years of experience and progress.

As it gradually builds to a climactic crescendo, the song is a slow-burning call to action that compels listeners to consider their surroundings. Lyrically, it raises challenging issues regarding accountability and shared ideals, and it is presented with a sincerity that strikes a deep chord in the polarized world of today. Unexpected flourishes—a hauntingly beautiful harp performance by Sydney Orchestra member Kaela Harp and an impromptu saxophone line that adds warmth and spontaneity to the track's dramatic closing moments—uplift the band's characteristic folk-rock basis here.

The single, which was engineered by Ben Worsey and produced by guitarist Andrew Wass, is further strengthened by Tim Palmer's mixing and co-production work. Palmer's iconic touch, gives the song a polished yet rough emotional weight. Palmer's influence may be heard in the harmony of unpolished production and unadulterated instruments, which gives "Believers And Dreamers (What Have We Become)" a radio-ready and incredibly genuine sound.

"Believers And Dreamers (What Have We Become)" is a powerful meditation on who we are and who we might be, with its literary urgency and genre-bending music. Josh Orange demonstrates once more that their music aims to influence the times rather than merely reflect them.