Opposite Sex
by Opposite Sex
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Digital Album
Immediate download of 13-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.Buy Now $8.50 NZD
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Opposite Sex LP - 180gm vinyl!
The NZ pressing of the album has sold out however the LP has been repressed in the UK so if you are in the UK/Europe or the US/ Canada you can get it direct from www.occultation.co.uk
Alternatively you can still buy from us here and we'll get Occultation to ship it to you (UK, Europe, USA/Canada).
We are getting some of the UK pressing shipped back to NZ to re-stock for local sales. Use the contact option over on the right to let us know if you'd like an e-mail when these arrive.
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Compact Disc
Shiny silver Compact Disc in a gatefold card sleeve.
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Panther Fight
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A Year on Your Own
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about
OPPOSITE SEX came together by chance in the isolated North Island town of Gisborne. After a trip to Europe Lucy returned to Gisborne with a bass guitar and nothing to do, so she invented her own percussive style of playing and wrote strange and disturbing songs. She met 2nd hand bookshop owner Tim, who had found a drum-kit on a front lawn in a garage sale, and taught him how to play drums. Fergus, self-taught from listening to Guitar Player magazine CDs in his bedroom, completed the trio.
The sound they developed in splendid isolation is, they say, some kind of absurdist-logico mix of Euro pop, Beat poetry, and subterranean lo-fi adventuring. Drawing musical inspiration from such disparate elements as The Velvet Underground, Half Japanese and The Beatles and marrying it to lyrical themes of animal kingdoms, love and loss, and master/slave dialectics, OPPOSITE SEX reinvent alternative pop in a style of their own.
In the summer of 2011 Tim & Lucy relocated to Dunedin. Along with Fergus they recorded the album at Fishrider Studio in Dunedin. It retains the simplicity and space of their stripped down live sound, but in the studio they have found even more of the dark magic inhabiting their songs. The album was released by Dunedin underground psych-pop label Fishrider Records on CD and LP in November 2011. It was released in the UK on CD and 180gm LP on 23 April 2012 on Fishrider Records in association with Occultation Recordings (www.occultation.co.uk).
“The new wave of New Zealand pop begins here....it’s remarkable, leaping from sea-sick waltzes and crunchy post-punk to ADD-pop (see the hyper opener “La Rat”) 4 stars, Uncut (UK)
“...one of those amazing pieces of ragged art that must simply be heard to be believed...Get it.” 9/10 Popmatters.com
"It's absolutely brilliant...it does put me in mind of maybe The Mekons and the Raincoats and...the best pop band you've ever heard in your life. I absolutely adore it. It's going to be in my top five albums of the year definitely." Marc Riley, BBC Radio 6
“a wonderfully spontaneous album... Sitting somewhere between oddball pop and disjointed 1970s No Wave, the album...It’s a debut album that contains all the elements you desire...” 8/10 Kicking Against the Pricks
“weird and fantastic... Opposite Sex is one of the most infectious local debuts of recent years.” 8/10 undertheradar.co.nz
The sound they developed in splendid isolation is, they say, some kind of absurdist-logico mix of Euro pop, Beat poetry, and subterranean lo-fi adventuring. Drawing musical inspiration from such disparate elements as The Velvet Underground, Half Japanese and The Beatles and marrying it to lyrical themes of animal kingdoms, love and loss, and master/slave dialectics, OPPOSITE SEX reinvent alternative pop in a style of their own.
In the summer of 2011 Tim & Lucy relocated to Dunedin. Along with Fergus they recorded the album at Fishrider Studio in Dunedin. It retains the simplicity and space of their stripped down live sound, but in the studio they have found even more of the dark magic inhabiting their songs. The album was released by Dunedin underground psych-pop label Fishrider Records on CD and LP in November 2011. It was released in the UK on CD and 180gm LP on 23 April 2012 on Fishrider Records in association with Occultation Recordings (www.occultation.co.uk).
“The new wave of New Zealand pop begins here....it’s remarkable, leaping from sea-sick waltzes and crunchy post-punk to ADD-pop (see the hyper opener “La Rat”) 4 stars, Uncut (UK)
“...one of those amazing pieces of ragged art that must simply be heard to be believed...Get it.” 9/10 Popmatters.com
"It's absolutely brilliant...it does put me in mind of maybe The Mekons and the Raincoats and...the best pop band you've ever heard in your life. I absolutely adore it. It's going to be in my top five albums of the year definitely." Marc Riley, BBC Radio 6
“a wonderfully spontaneous album... Sitting somewhere between oddball pop and disjointed 1970s No Wave, the album...It’s a debut album that contains all the elements you desire...” 8/10 Kicking Against the Pricks
“weird and fantastic... Opposite Sex is one of the most infectious local debuts of recent years.” 8/10 undertheradar.co.nz
credits
released 07 November 2011
Lucy Hunter - Vocals, bass, trumpet, piano, keyboards
Fergus Taylor - Guitar
Tim Player - Drums, vocals, keyboards
Lucy Hunter - Vocals, bass, trumpet, piano, keyboards
Fergus Taylor - Guitar
Tim Player - Drums, vocals, keyboards
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Haunting waltzes & hyperactive melodic new wave, darkness & light, good & evil, innocence & guilt – Opposite Sex are a young ... more trio of contrasts from Dunedin, New Zealand. The sound they developed in splendid isolation is, they say, some kind of absurdist-logico mix of Euro pop, Beat poetry, and subterranean lo-fi adventuring. They are on Dunedin underground psych-pop label Fishrider Records. less
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- Track Name: La Rat
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You can view a DIY video for La Rat on Vimeo here: http://vimeo.com/34065445
Or on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/ObQG8mIr7vM - Track Name: Sea Shanty
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Sea Shanty
I wanted to live under the water
I was so lonely
I saw an old man on the beach
He smelt of fish, his face was bony
He grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the sea
But oh what would we drink under the sea?
And oh how will we talk when we can’t hear?
... where will we be?
These fish are far too fast for me
Why did I wish to live under the sea?
Why send me down here where nothing is dry?
Then I got tired of floating around
Waiting to be found
I swam away and found a merman
He was handsome and green as can be
He smiled at me with rows of pointed teeth
But oh what would we drink under the sea?
And oh, how will we talk when we can’t hear?
... where will we be?
These fish are far too fast for me
Why did I wish to live under the sea?
Why send me down here where nothing is dry?
My eyes were stinging, I couldn’t see
I needed a fire to warm up my feet
I couldn’t believe these places I’d been, I screamed
Why send me down here where nothing is dry?
Send me down here where nothing is dry
Send me down here where nothing is dry - Track Name: Vague Notion
- Vague's a vague notion...
- Track Name: A Year on Your Own
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A Year on Your Own
This rat he is mean friend a cat friend of me
He is grey and he lives on Rum Road
Don’t say his name because this rat isn’t tame
He is free
So, what if you spent a year on your own
Would you think that the world was gone
I think we all got it wrong. I think we all got it wrong
Cars are passing incredibly fast
Makes me feel like I’m made out of glass
I think we all got it wrong. I think we all got it wrong
So I spent an hour staring at a chair
To turn around turn around and find it wasn’t there
Knew there was something inconsistent
But I think I might have missed it
That is why I should be more aware
So I spent an hour staring at a chair
To turn around turn around and find it wasn’t there
Knew there was something inconsistent
But I think I might have missed it
That is why I should be more aware
So I dug a hole outside: it was three feet wide
I put myself inside: saw a place to hide
This rat he is mean friend a cat friend of me
He is grey and he lives on Rum Road
Don’t say his name because this rat isn’t tame
He is me
So, what if you spent a year on your own
Would you think that the world was wrong
I think we all got it wrong. I think we all got it wrong
Cars are passing incredibly fast
Makes me feel like I’m made out of glass
I think we all got it wrong. I think we all got it wrong
So I spent an hour staring at a chair
To turn around turn around and find it wasn’t there
Knew there was something inconsistent
But I think I might have missed it
That is why I should be more aware
So I dug a hole outside: it was three feet wide
And put myself inside: for a place to hide
