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Opposite Day

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About Me

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FAKE STORY:
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:

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Member Since: 6/11/2004
Band Website: oppositeday.com
Band Members: Sam Arnold Pat Kennedy Greg Yancey
Influences: Madonna , Primus , Frank Black , Steely Dan , The Beatles, Fishbone , Faith no More , Brown Whornet , Talking Heads , Adrian Belew
Sounds Like: Educational Art-rock for Animals. Frank Zappa's kinetic intellectuallism. Frank Black's absurd melodicism. Fishbone's eclectic party energy. Primus's bounce. Talking Head's post-rock lyricism. of Montreal's quirk. Steely Dan's meticulous jazz-tinged songcraft. Faith no More's anti-macho agression.

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Record Label: eat a finger peach look music
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Madonna show press release from Wyatt Brand

WHO: Opposite Day (Austin Band)WHAT: "Unlike a Virgin" - Opposite Day's take on Madonna's "Immaculate Collection"WHERE: Ruta Maya World Headquarters, 3601 S. Congress Ave. 512-707-9637WHEN: Satur...
Posted by Opposite Day on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:19:00 PST

nice new article and studly picture of Sam

http://www.harderbeat.com/html/feature003.htmlFYI: It wasn't Brooke's fault, but the editing got a little messed up, and the last quote about laptop music and getting famous is actually Greg, not me. ...
Posted by Opposite Day on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:52:00 PST

Another excellent review from Jean-Philippe at progressia.net, post-babelfish

French version here: http://www.progressia.net/index.php4?rub=chroniques&idch ronik=1128After Fictional Biology with the renovating virtues (cf our chronicle), Opposite Day is back with Safety Firs...
Posted by Opposite Day on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:23:00 PST

great review in French zine even better after Babelfish

Hey, check out this web zine that reviewed our last album "Fictional Biology": progressia.netYou'll notice it's all in French. For those of you who don't read French, I went ahead and ran it through b...
Posted by Opposite Day on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:32:00 PST

the future is so bright, I burned my retinas

Sam here.the future is so bright for 3 reasons:1. LBJ HIGH SCHOOL: This morning, we played for the coolest bunch of high school students I've ever met. Mr Kelly (of Lick Lick and AP English fame) invi...
Posted by Opposite Day on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:03:00 PST

the future is so bright, I burned my retinas

Sam here.the future is so bright for 3 reasons:1. LBJ HIGH SCHOOL: This morning, we played for the coolest bunch of high school students I've ever met. Mr Kelly (of Lick Lick and AP English fame) invi...
Posted by Opposite Day on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:03:00 PST

no press is bad press...

http://alistlauren.austin360blogs.com/entry.aspx?q=0288c0cb- 9a21-4320-aeb0-98e000fda2b9
Posted by Opposite Day on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:03:00 PST

Unlike a Virgin Oct 29th, Carousel Lounge

Hey everybody, here's the press release for our next big event:Unlike a Virgin -- Opposite Day plays Madonna's Immaculate Collection.Oct 29th, 9pm Carousel Lounge, 1110 e 52nd St. (near Cameron). $5Si...
Posted by Opposite Day on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:29:00 PST

We play Friday NOT Saturday. plan your life accordingly.

It has come to our attention that certain sources (www.showlistaustin.com, for example) think we're playing this Saturday at Nuno's Attic with Muchos Backflips and Permakids. WE ARE NOT.I say this BEC...
Posted by Opposite Day on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:54:00 PST

New videos, recording

Fun stuff for everyone:We got a couple of videos taken of our show last 6/30 at Texas Jive in Denton with Steve Sponseller on drums. This was his first show with us, next friday 7/14 will be his secon...
Posted by Opposite Day on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:52:00 PST