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Opal Onyx is a Brooklyn-based duo set to release their debut album, Delta Sands, later this spring on Tin Angel Records. From experimental electronic basements to psychedelic loft spaces, Opal Onyx have been welcomed, with open arms, into a diverse array of musical communities.

The music, itself, consists of slow, thick, and muddy layers of electronic ambient noise flowing beneath distorted guitar and graceful, yet, murky sounds of cello. On top of everything, captivating the air is a beautifully powerful and engrossing voice that leads us through a curious and comforting dream world where the surreal and hallucinatory are steadfast. Indeed, the world that Opal Onyx makes is one usually only experienced in a brief and fleeting encounter.

The songs are ambiguous, conceptually. But, within the ambiguity there is a curious sense of familiarity, as if the music is some kind of found relic, or pulled from a dusty archive, and yet it is entirely new. “Black & Crimson,” for example, is an atmospheric track built over a chopped sample from an old record. The sound is haunting and captivating. The vocals feel ghostlike and heavy as they lead listeners through a dark hazy dream world. “When doves release you can finally see. You don’t even need it. You’re caught in a feeling.” And indeed, listening to “Black & Crimson” is like lingering deeply into a feeling. And perhaps this is what makes the surreal and uncertain seem so close and at home when listening to Opal Onyx.

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<div align="center">Tom Brosseau European tour dates

22/03/14 - Volksbad, Magdeburg, DE 
23/03/14 - Monarch, Berlin, DE 
24/03/14 - Haus 73, Hamburg, DE 
25/03/14 - Wolkenkuckucksheim, Lübeck, DE 
28/03/14 - Extrapool, Nijmegen, NL 
29/03/14 - Club W71, Weikersheim, DE	
30/03/14 - Heidi, Heidenheim, DE	

01/04/14 - Rhiz, Vienna, AU 
02/04/14 - Bäckerei, Innsbruck, AU 
03/04/14 - Unter Deck, Munich, DE 
06/04/14 - Helsinki, Zurich, CH
10/04/14 - The Tin Music & Arts, Coventry, UK
12/04/13 - Sebright Arms, London, UK
13/04/13 - The Louisiana, Bristol, UK
14/04/13 - The Castle Hotel, Manchester, UK
15/04/13 - The Green Door Store, Brighton, UK
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Humans have always been confronted with the act of embracing a new technology. Whether wholeheartedly, with hope and excitement, fearfully, or we've plumb dragged our feet, we've gotten there just the same. "Cradle Your Device" is a way of putting a title on what we've had do through the ages in order to survive. It is also a social commentary on what happens when a tool is taken too closely into our bosom. 

"A real songwriter is an individual concerned. He or she is as aware of what's happening around, what's going on inside; he or she is a dreamer, a futurist; when it comes to his or her craft there is structure to make a report. The work may rest in composing something that will last, yet at the same time make a splash. Having been raised on the Great American Songbook, I am rooted in the ideals of the songwriters of yesteryear: relatable lyrics in three minutes time or less. 

I don't think of ideas, I search for them. There's motion. I know the more my body is stressed the more endorphins are released. This creates a natural high. When my mind is clear I can focus and stay focused longer on my thoughts, problems and the future. There's humanity. I like to people-watch. I enjoy spotting color patterns, trends; watching interactions, hearing laughs. My inspection, then, switches to the problems of others. I am fortunate to have to depend upon public transportation. There's plenty of walking, plenty of people, and lots of opportunity for idea plucking." - Tom Brosseau, 2013

Taken from the album Grass Punks (Tin Angel Records), Brosseau's first solo release in 5 years and his 7th studio album to date. Themes of the album include emptiness of a false dream, loyalty, betrayal and perseverance.

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