Opposable

Photo Cred 📸: @o.shoots

Opposable hails from Boston, a city notorious for its Hardcore and Punk scenes. However, the band cuts its own unique niche of riff laden music with queer-as-in-fuck-you energy and sentiment. On their debut self-titled EP they cover decades of sounds while exhibiting a fresh and very exciting set of songs.

To kick off something right, opener “Rust” layers multitudes of genres into a heavy rollicking groove, laden with melodies and chugs while never leaning into a distinct sound. Reminiscent of Cloudmouth, throaty shouts and winding guitars collide with plinked chords and melodramatic bass complimented by heavy as fuck drumming. 

“Worn Down” pairs gritty tones with thumping open drumming to meet in an absolute vortex of critical mass shredding. Dealing with themes of being crushed by an oppressive environment of non-acceptance, the track acts as a clarion call for those in marginalized communities with lines like Savor the safety of coded languages / be yet your soft self / and learn then / all is naught / all is naught / awe in the eyes of the damned witnessing the bleakness of the bigoted landscape before them. 

Closing song “Croak Dream” blurs the lines between downtuned sludge and uptempo punk, a maelstrom of slowed down drumming and mid-paced chugging to ask the ever present question of searching for a solid meaning / tell me where it fucking hurts you. 

For their first EP, Opposable have certainly made a full sound for themselves, not an out of place note seemed to exist on this whole EP, adeptly mixing heavy as shit with the powerfully defiant. Coming in at roughly around 7 minutes, this first offering was more than impressive and we’re very excited to hear more of this from the Bostonian trio.

Check out their Bandcamp here: Opposable

Writer : @letsgetpivotal

Editor : @just_reidz

01/30/23