Opus Kink

Theatre

Brighton indie juggernauts Opus Kink announce debut LP ‘The Sweet Goodbye’ (pre-order here), set for release July 31st via So Recordings (Placebo, Enter Shikari, Deadletter, Big Special), alongside lead single ‘Come Over, Do Me Wrong’ out today (March 30th – BBC 6 Music Steve Lamacq premiere) and news of a UK & EU autumn headline tour (incl. London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town). Showcasing their ever-mutating brand of jazz-and-country-laced punk to perfection, the enigmatic sextet have crafted a sound as elusive as it is recognisable. Partnering with Grammy Award-winning producer and mixer Craig Silvey (Florence & The Machine, Baxter Dury, REM, Kronos Quartet, Sam Fender) and engineer Dani Spragg (Wunderhorse, English Teacher, Black Midi), ‘Come Over, Do Me Wrong’ sees them dive headfirst into driving, swampy record territory, with its Ethio-jazz inspired horn riff reinforcing their growing status and unique musical sensibilities that set them apart from many of their contemporaries. Through their songs concerning violence, evil, shame, troubled sexual politics, anxiety and emptiness, all served with a wry absurdist bent, Opus Kink have crafted an alluring nether-world for their voracious audiences to plunge into and attracted significant acclaim in the process. Across the press landscape, the group have been championed by the likes of The Sunday Times, The Independent, NME, Stereogum, DIY , Dork, So Young, Clash, The Needle Drop, Under The Radar, as well as notching up three appearances on the BBC 6 Music playlist (Steve Lamacq, Lauren Laverne, Craig Charles, Huw Stephens) and countless BBC 1 Radio spins (Jack Saunders). With a mammoth live schedule kicking off imminently (following November’s Electric Ballroom London headliner), the six-piece will be hitting the festival circuit extensively this summer ahead of their album release, with a full UK and European headline tour to follow in the autumn (including their biggest ever headline show at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town) as they celebrate the arrival of ‘The Sweet Goodbye’. Detailing their album’s lead track, frontman Angus Rogers revealed: “Half of any good thing is its proximity to its end; half of any good thing is the reason it cannot be yours. ‘Come Over, Do Me Wrong’ is a song about the hallucinogenic qualities of a doomed love affair and its toxic allure, the mad philosophical leap of ‘I don’t care what you do as long as you do it to me.’ Opus Kink’s ‘Come Over, Do Me Wrong’ is out now via SO Recordings and available on all digital platforms. Opus Kink is Angus Rogers (lead vocals, guitars), Sam Abbo (bass, backing vocals), Fin Abbo (drums, percussion), Jazz Pope (keys, synth, backing vocals), Jack Banjo Courtney (trumpet), Jed Morgans (saxophone).