Animals, history, safety, Madonna's 80's hits, and space aliens got in a fight with freaky riffs, jazz harmonies, pop hooks, speedy instrumental wankery, reasonably earnest emotion, and serious heaviness. Then they forgot what they were fighting about, fell in love and started a family. They had a baby and named it Opposite Day.
REAL STORY:
Opposite Day was formed in 2001 in Austin, TX out of a desire to create music that makes you happy, frightened, enlightened, and confused at the same time. We decided that there wasn't enough absurdist progressive music with pop hooks and punk aggression, so we formed this band. Drummer Pat joined in 2005. Bassist Greg Yancey and Singer Guitarist Sam Arnold started the band earlier in the century.
NEW ALBUM: Safety First
Safety First, Opposite Day's 3rd album came out in 2007. Featuring a meaner, louder, wetter, smarter, and more better sound, this one will keep us out of the studio for a few months at least. It's got Pat Kennedy on it instead of our old drummer. It's got a lot of mega-hyper songs, thick art-pop nuggets, and some textural explorations. Don't worry, there are also some unifying themes sprinkled throughout the eclectic sprawl. Silliness, heaviness, vague sincerity, cleverness all make an appearance too. Song highlights include the jazz-broiled math-emo scream of "Elephant in a Pharmacy," the oblong picnic anthem "Brilliant Animals," the rollercoaster bureaucracy of "Paperwork," the densely constructed discomfort of "Aztec Princess" and the outerspace-arena-thrash-ballad "Like an Alien".
And if you're into the Little Mermaid, this may get you through the day:
Hey, thanks for playing our request. My friend, actually, thanked me for making him see you guys. If they ask you to take your clothes off, get the money first. And...
hey boys- we play Lambert's this friday, may 16th with an awesome band, Mediums. we play at 10pm. cover is 5. we'd love to see you. -grant, of the partials
Thanks for an awesome show Saturday! You guys are just amazing, and it was delightful to share the stage with you!!! Thanks for being a part of a super fun night!!!
Man that song you guys do with Spanish lyrics is the ultimate. Think all it needs in a live setting is a lipsynching Russian interpreter who might pull it a bit closer to rap, with some silent beat-boxing in German between words. You dig? Oh yea, and make sure she's got the same costume on too. That's all.
