{"product_id":"1597402","title":"Izaak Opatz - Extra Medium [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike many of his favorite songwriters (John Hartford, Lucinda Williams, Jeff Tweedy),\u003cbr\u003eIzaak Opatz is an ungulate in life's winter pasture, chewing on and metabolizing\u003cbr\u003edisappointment, heartbreak, and the other tough stuff into enjoyable musical\u003cbr\u003ecarbohydrates. A compulsive metaphorager (and inveterate wordplayboy), Opatz\u003cbr\u003ebreaks it all down with enzymes of wry humor, thoughtful simile and close observation -\u003cbr\u003ea therapeutic process of narrativizing his own life that, almost as a byproduct, turns out\u003cbr\u003esavory nuggets of literate, confessional pop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere 2018's 'Mariachi Static' drew from Opatz's fragmented love life as a seasonal\u003cbr\u003ePark Service employee and resonated especially with the sensitive dirtbag set, 'Extra\u003cbr\u003eMedium', his latest release, splits time between romantic Hindenburgs across his native\u003cbr\u003eMontana, up the East Coast, and in faraway Los Angeles. Montana and LA especially\u003cbr\u003edecorate the album, supplying wells of metaphor and scene-making, and as characters\u003cbr\u003ein their own right - LA's alternately charming ('In the Light of a Love Affair') and\u003cbr\u003ediscomfiting ('East of Barstow'), and, in 'Big Sandy', Montana evolves from setting to\u003cbr\u003esubject as the girl's feelings he traverses it to see prove less than his own feelings for\u003cbr\u003ethe state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn LA, Opatz learned from and worked alongside Jonny Fritz at Dad Country Leather,\u003cbr\u003eand met bandmates and 'Extra Medium' collaborators Malachi DeLorenzo (drums,\u003cbr\u003eproducer, engineer) and Dylan Rodrigue (multi-instrumentalist, producer). He now lives\u003cbr\u003ein Missoula, Montana, where he runs his own custom leather shop, is writing the next\u003cbr\u003ealbum, and getting ready to pursue a Journalism degree at the U of M.\u003cp\u003ePassenger Seat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinook Wind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandholder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou Don't Look at Me the Same\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig Sandy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWild-Eyed George Bailey Heebie Jeebies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarried with Kids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast of Barstow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue Pilot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMag-Lev Train\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShampoo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Light of a Love Affair\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55127641424257,"sku":"1597402","price":17.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51-YszG5A0L._SL1500.jpg?v=1766694826","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1597402","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}