Opposite Day – Colossal Nests of Metal and Glass
Opposite day is an Austin aggressive progressive pop art rock band with a new album coming out April 1. Formed in 2001, Opposite Day kicks off their 24th year of existence with their 8th full-length all-original studio album Colossal Nests of Metal and Glass. Building on their previous works of hook-laden mathy heavy ridiculousness created with earlier drummers, Greg Yancey (bass) and Sam Arnold (guitar, lead vocals) have deepened and expanded their sound since 2019 with drummer and writing partner Cameron Page. The ten tracks on Colossal Nest of Metal and Glass comprise the more eclectic and experimental half of the 20 songs created with Cameron so far.
UPCOMING LIVE:
March 30 At Mohawk (Austin) with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
April 25 Bandcamp Listening Party
April 26 Cassette Release at Sagebrush (Austin) with Megafauna
What are the songs about?
- Winds of Expeditiousness
Aggressive and propulsive prog adventure about atmospheric flow, swirling through cyclical themes across different instruments with constant thermal rising action. An athletic drum performance anchors the grinding bass and ambivalent melodies
- Bad Bot; Access Denied
What if the Red Hot Chili Peppers were IT nerds? What if a piece of Malware wrote a dis track about the Firewall? This song answers those eternal questions. Rapid fire lyrics riding atop the relentless funk propulsion of the instruments. Fun gets had, but not without a little identity theft.
- Volcano No
Surf-ska, or punk-exotica? Either way, you might feel as though the B-52’s had too much caffeine and then the island exploded.
- Forget Tarantula
Intimate nonsense pleasantries about animals grocery shopping. Vintage synths will take you back to the 1980’s but the jazz-funk groove will take you to the future when this kind of song will be considered normal.
- No Grass Grows on a Vampire’s Grave
True story of the Rhode Island vampire panic of 1892. American gothic surf-ska with a spycraft groove and splashes of math-metal and lo-fi grunge
- Sharp Needles
Itchy bass riff becomes a deep pocket funk groove just in time to advertise the various medical benefits of getting poked by needles.
- Do Not Eat
From the chaos of a slippery drum solo, this song quickly self-constructs into a punk-metal maelstrom with soaring melodies and maniacal shouting disclaiming all liability for any injury or illness arising from inappropriate ingestion
- What is in the Bag?
Relax into an open room as we twiddle on our instruments and tell you the story of the neighborhood’s biggest mystery. Percussively technical bass gives way to lush soundscapes and a triumphant jazz fusion.
- My House Has Hands
A day in the life of a young tapeworm. An affectionate suite representing different phases of life, it starts as a new wave song, moving to an Ethiopian jazz jam and then a bombastic Emo finale.
- Ziz Chicken Endtimes
Math metal odyssey about Ziz, the mythical sky monster of Hebrew lore. The listener is smacked around and dragged into the sky where metal birds menace all of humanity. Pontifical spoken word by Matt Kelly (Sprawl, Middle Finger, Lick Lick) drives home the indifference of the beast and the hopelessness of humanity’s situation.
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The first proper full length since 2017’s I Calculated Great, the band feels this work presents both a continuation and improvement in their endless quest to create uniquely honest and energetically cerebral fun and challenging music. Here’s what other people have said earlier releases:
“Jerky funk metal, heavy riffs, layered anthemic choruses, twinkly atmospheres, psychedelic pop, and, yes, prog-rock, all jostle for our ears’ attention, in complex arrangements that always sound coherent and stylistically unified, even as they flip-flop unpredictably from groove to groove.” Oliver Arditi
“Opposite Day seizes the viscera with finely oiled musicianship running headlong into spellbinding time changes, but their appetite for whimsy and subliminal pop smarts steers clear of mathematical vapor lock.” The Austin Chronicle
“Opposite Day treats their music like a giant blender, tossing in bits of funk, metal, pop, jazz, punk, children’s songs, yielding several albums of head-scratching genius” Houston Press
“…decadently stylized in groove and guttural complexity that most audiophiles of an avant-garde persuasion will likely herald it a masterpiece” Vents Magazine
“This band doesn’t sell you on their progressive stylings through a lot of bombastic lyrics and overdone theatrics, but rather via the complexity of their play, which ties all of their music together in a larger than life drama of sorts. Their sound is organic and completely their own…” No Depression
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