orbit 17 - betrayer

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Orbit 17 is an experimental independent rock band based in Portland, Oregon. Known locally for their intimate arrangements and front-woman Jamie Brite’s expressive live guitar work, Orbit 17 explores the tension between the digital and the analog, forcing the two into an uneasy harmony. Raw guitar lines often collide with sweeping synthesizers, creating a soundscapes that feel otherworldly yet unmistakably human.

Lyrically Orbit 17 touches on themes of alienation, identity, hope and nostalgia. The songs are often centered around Jamie’s experiences growing up transgender in southern Louisiana as well as the anxieties of living through the current climate of cultural and political tension. They are a diary documenting what it feels like to exist, create, and search for belonging during such a time.

Originally founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2022 by Jamie Brite and Misha Guiffre, the project expanded with the addition of drummer Ryan Senft in 2023 and vocalist/synthesist Mary Herigstad-Franz in 2024. 

After playing extensively throughout the Bay Area and releasing a self-recorded EP, the band has since relocated to Portland, where they are re-imagining their sound ahead of the release of their first studio album, Betrayer.