Opshop "You are here" 2004

Opshop first broke on commercial radio in 2004, seemingly from out of nowhere...

...Like so many stories of instant fame, their rapid rise belied the years that the band members spent playing live shows and releasing music in less successful bands. Their hard work paid off. Opshop’s debut album sold platinum while their second album went three-times platinum (their third and final album also joined it in hitting No.1). Lead singer Jason Kerrison had his first window into the music scene through his father.
“Dad ended up being inducted into the Invercargill hall of fame, mostly for drumming in a dancehall band called Three Plus One, which was three brown guys and a pākehā [his father has Ngāpuhi heritage]. But there was never any compulsion for me to become a musician other than Sunday mornings when I’d find a half-eaten burger left on the kitchen bench with a wad of cash next to it. I thought, it’s pretty cool that this is what my dad does as a night job. My only connection to music was singing in church. I loved hearing everyone’s voices, especially when we’d go to the larger, more grandiose spaces that allowed the harmonics to drift around in the upper echelons of the building.” - audioculture

trax:
01 Up Behind The Sun 02 Nothing Can Wait 03 Being 04 Saturated 05 Nexus 06 Thrown 07 Secrets 08 Low Tide 09 No Ordinary Thing 10 Breathing Space 11 Awaken 12 Levitate [Bonus Track] 13 Oxygen [Bonus Track] 14 Lighter Than Air [Bonus Track] 15 Hey You [Bonus Track]
…served by Gaius…