High Drama
by Opposite Sex
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Channeling everything from the B-52s to Royal Trux, this album drives with a noisy guitar, a really good drummer, hooky bass lines and an extremely charismatic singer delivering lyrics dripping with black humor.
Favorite track: Shoots Me Like a Knife.
Ecstatic M.D.
Ecstatic M.D.
Quite an insane ride!!!
New Zealand is killing it!!!
Bluesy no wavers???????????????
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comeawaywithemd.com/very-good-haiku-a-2021-music-writing-experiment/ Favorite track: Dinosaur.
New Zealand is killing it!!!
Bluesy no wavers???????????????
for more Very Good Haiku reviews, visit:
comeawaywithemd.com/very-good-haiku-a-2021-music-writing-experiment/ Favorite track: Dinosaur.
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Whyte Rushan
so true, heard this on 95 BFM with Rachel on Tess's last day, and well it was pulled by a John Deere tractor, the harvester that is....
Favorite track: Combine Harvester.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumLimited pressing for AUS/NZ. US copies ship out from The Business in Anacortes, WA.
Includes unlimited streaming of High Drama via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 14 days$29 NZD or more
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Cassette + Digital AlbumAudio transferred to magnetic tape that can be easily reproduced with the help of your hi-fi cassette player, boombox, or walkman. A free human hand may or may not come with purchase. Courtesy of great Melbourne label Albert's Basement.
Includes unlimited streaming of High Drama via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 14 daysedition of 95 13 remaining$10 AUD or more
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Shoots Me Like a Knife
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Breath in a Dish
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Combine Harvester
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Tumble Down/Mikhail
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Dick on a Throne
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Owls Do Cry
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Robotica
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Nico
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Dinosaur
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about
"Delightfully mean-spirited post-punk from New Zealand . . . as weird as it is raw" -Bandcamp Daily
"When Opposite Sex eventually skid off the rails, it’s to everyone’s benefit." -Post-Trash
OPPOSITE SEX function like one of those giant overhead magnets at a scrapyard, prying out both the refuse and the treasure from the pile below. You'd think that would make for a confused assemblage; that is, if the scrap-pile in this case wasn't Dunedin, a cultural treasure-nest at the bottom of the world with temperatures that prompt the shivering fuzz you hear throughout HIGH DRAMA.
If bigshot thumbs-ups matter to you, you could recall that Opposite Sex have been repped by Stephen McRobbie from THE PASTELS and Marc Riley from THE FALL; A. Savage from PARQUET COURTS even put them out on his label. Opposite Sex always stuck out from the rest, even when in the US they were billed alongside weirdos like BILL CALLAHAN and PISSED JEANS. You can never beat a country like New Zealand for weirdos, but with HIGH DRAMA, this band can finally be judged on their own idiosyncratic merits. That's because, well, it's their best album so far.
LP available through Spik & Span
Cassette available through Albert's Basement
"When Opposite Sex eventually skid off the rails, it’s to everyone’s benefit." -Post-Trash
OPPOSITE SEX function like one of those giant overhead magnets at a scrapyard, prying out both the refuse and the treasure from the pile below. You'd think that would make for a confused assemblage; that is, if the scrap-pile in this case wasn't Dunedin, a cultural treasure-nest at the bottom of the world with temperatures that prompt the shivering fuzz you hear throughout HIGH DRAMA.
If bigshot thumbs-ups matter to you, you could recall that Opposite Sex have been repped by Stephen McRobbie from THE PASTELS and Marc Riley from THE FALL; A. Savage from PARQUET COURTS even put them out on his label. Opposite Sex always stuck out from the rest, even when in the US they were billed alongside weirdos like BILL CALLAHAN and PISSED JEANS. You can never beat a country like New Zealand for weirdos, but with HIGH DRAMA, this band can finally be judged on their own idiosyncratic merits. That's because, well, it's their best album so far.
LP available through Spik & Span
Cassette available through Albert's Basement
credits
released March 1, 2021
Lucy Hunter - Bass and Vocals
Tim Player - Drums and Vocals
Reg Norris - Guitar and Vocals
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Bell @ Port Chalmers Recording service.
Photography by Phoebe Lysbeth Kay
Lucy Hunter - Bass and Vocals
Tim Player - Drums and Vocals
Reg Norris - Guitar and Vocals
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Bell @ Port Chalmers Recording service.
Photography by Phoebe Lysbeth Kay
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Nov 2011
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