opustrees

About Me

Opustrees - a dynamic three piece indie/rock band performing emotionally charged songs with anthemic melodies.
Established in kents medway delta (home to Lupen Crook and Billy Childish), opustrees have a wealth of outstanding songs that have received praise in a variety of enthusiastic and positive reviews including the NME, Spill magazine and Braden Merrick (Manager - The Killers) with diverse comparisons being made to established acts including Pavement, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley and Led Zepplin.
"Brilliant ! Like going out with Richard Ashcroft, smoking crushed up butterflies and talking philosophy with unicorns" - James Jam, NME 2006
Opustrees have recorded their best work to date at their home studio and with producer Jim Riley (Billy Childish/ Buff Medways).
Previous gigs include London's ULU, THe Garage, The Spitz, Bull n'Gate. Legendary Leeds venues The Vine and The Fenton, Newcastle's Green festival, The Head of Steam.Brighton's Pressure point and Sussex University with 'Jonny Quality' (Fat Boy Slim). Tunbridge Wells' Forum with 'Aqualung'.Opustrees have achieved airplay support from XFM's Claire Sturgess, pulseunsigned.com and BBC Radio Kent
opustrees are currently seeking representation from management, record and publishing companies. Please see contact details in the above blog.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/12/2005
Band Website: opustrees.com (but this one better !)
Band Members:

Dale St.Clair - Vocals / Bass

Brett St.Clair - Guitars

Billy Cunningham - Drums / Percussion
Influences: talk talk,velvet underground, david bowie, john lee hooker,pink floyd, the doors,the the, nick cave and the bad seeds, nick drake, the smiths, beck, pixies, jeff buckley,radiohead,neil young, led zeplin, doberman, cinema paradiso, life is beautiful,motorcycle diaries, vanilla sky, star wars, lord of the rings, groundhog day, goodfellas, spinal tap, league of gentleman, black books, father ted, bottom......etc,etc....list of great movies,tv and music goes on and on and on !
Sounds Like: cream teas on a rainy day by the beach, a collapsed lung, a brain amerysum, black boot polish on brown suede shoes, pure unbounded joy.
Record Label: to be arranged
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Hello mateys, been ages since i sent out one of these mail outs, don't get much time these days what with the baby and the new house and working in the pissin' rain ! but heyyyy the summers not over y...
Posted by opustrees on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:09:00 PST

CONTACTING OPUSTREES- GIG BOOKINGS ETC

To book Opustrees for a gig or to contact the band to discuss management, publishing, recording or distribution opportunities then please email [email protected] (phone Brett 07739087953) or billdr...
Posted by opustrees on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:44:00 PST

OPUSTREES- N M E -REVIEW

AT LAST A DEMO REVIEW IN THIS WEEKS NME ! "Dirty Ripper- '...the singer starts spunking his weird sex pest vocal all over the twinkling guitars..' 'First and Last-'...is brilliant-like going out at ni...
Posted by opustrees on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:48:00 PST

'SPILL' MAGAZINE REVIEW FEBRUARY 2006

We recently sent some new recordings to 'spill' magazine (www.spillonline.com) for a review..... "Opustrees cite radiohead and U2 amongst their influences but within 30 seconds you'll add David Bowie ...
Posted by opustrees on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:06:00 PST

OPUSTREES NEWSLETTER

Opustrees newsletter THE KILLERS manager, Braden Merrick, has reviewed an opustrees song, please read the review for too many fears below and have a listen to the song, if you like it ...
Posted by opustrees on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:07:00 PST

OPUSTREES @ THE BEEB

Opustrees @ the beeb Friday 9th December will complete opustrees foray into the local kent music scene with a broadcast on BBC Radio Kent. Hear Dale make a complete disaster of an interv...
Posted by opustrees on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:04:00 PST