Vervein are four San Francisco girls with backgrounds in classical music and punk rock. Their music has been described as "like momentarily losing your bearings in a thick blanket of fog" and "the clean vocals of Mazzy Star, the tight rhythm of the Breeders, and a mood not heard since the first American Analog Set full length".

We shot Code Orange over two days at Lake Chabot, a 315 acre fishing destination in the Castro Valley - one day in boats, and one in the surrounding woodland.