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Opsvik & Jennings

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Commuter Anthems

"They’re tidy and sweet, calling attention to their design, but they don’t want to be understood too easily" The New York Times
"Their instrumental tides incorporate stray elements of folk, jazz, and country with an impressively gentle touch" Pitchfork
".. songs are plotted like mini thrillers and the record as a whole is populated with instrumental characters and motifs that show an impressive depth." BBC
"an understatedly captivating album that might be the best late sixties Beach Boys tribute yet recorded." All Music
"..it is done with such delicacy and tenderness that this is an album one could fall in love with" the WIRE
"..Commuter Anthems takes those cherished sounds and distils them into perfectly formed instalments." Plan B
" “Commuter Anthems” is a beautiful record" 10 out of 10 Foxy Digitalis
"all of the pieces are definitely there for a reason, and make themselves understood with satisfying intent" Dusted
"..they reveal melodies every bit as catchy as those penned by indie rock heavy weights like Tortoise and the Sea & Cake" All About Jazz
You can purchase Commuter Anthems here (for example):
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Amazon (worldwide)
Barnes and Noble
Thrill Jockey
Other Music
Post Everything
Small Fish Records
BoomKat
Circuit City
Rough Trade
and a plethora of other record stores both online and real.
Fløyel Files
"Ambient without wandering, sweet but not sickly, quirky yet never wacky, this is a beautifully paced piece of work" the WIRE (UK)
buy Fløyel Files at
ncmeast.com
cdbaby.com
amazon.com
emusic.com
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/12/2006
Band Website: www.opsvikandjennings.com
Band Members: Opsvik & Jennings
Influences:
Sounds Like: Commuter Anthems, 2007, Rune Grammofon

Fløyel Files, 2005, NCM East

Rufs (compilation cd) 2006, Fenetrê Records

Record Label: Loyal Label
Rune Grammofon
NCM East

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Download our new album for free

Download our new record, A Dream I Used to Remember, for freehere!From May 1st, For a limited time only. Later on it will be up on paysites like iTunes, emusic, napster etc.A Dream I Used to Remember ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 07:04:00 GMT

Sneak peek from upcoming album

"September and Starry-eyed" a song from our upcoming record (out on Loyal Label in May); "A Dream I Used to Remember" is now available here on myspace and on our website: http://www.opsvikandjennings....
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:03:00 GMT

New York Times at Opsvik & Jennings concert

"Preceding I Heart Lung were a handful of New York groups committed to experimental actions, including Totally Dad (which strained toward competence) and Blast Off!!! (which mainly lacked restraint). ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:11:00 GMT

Opsvik & Jennings On Loyal Label

Opsvik & Jennings On Loyal Label "A Dream I Used To Remember", Opsvik & Jennings third record, will be released on CD, vinyl and downloads on Loyal Label hopefully in early May (release date tba). The...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:37:00 GMT

Leaves And Smoke

new tune up here on myspace; " Leaves And Smoke", it's from the spankin' new 10 year anniversary book/compilation cd on Rune Grammofon called; Money Will Ruin Everything
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:09:00 GMT

Money Will Ruin Everything

Rune Grammofon's gorgeous 10 year celebration 2cd/book: "Money Will Ruin Everything" will be released on December 8th. Among the tracks is a never before released tune by Opsvik & Jennings called "Lea...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Record number three

Our third record, title yet to be decided, is nearing completion, mastering scheduled for december, more info to come soon.O & J
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:01:00 GMT

Best of 2007

01/06/08: BEST OF 2007 The American magazine Downbeat has included Commuter Anthems on their list of the Best CDs of 2007
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:01:00 GMT

O & J with a DISCOLLECTIVE guest playlist

We've been asked to put together a guest playlist for the Discollective website, it's now up on their site. Check it out here
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:47:00 GMT

some more REVIEWS and BLOG POSTINGS

August 07: DOWNBEAT >> "The digitally tweaked arrangements are constantly in flux, adding new wrinkles with each chorus, so even as the music's tunefulness lodges in the memory, fresh, shifting detail...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:26:00 GMT