Paul Bessenbacher’s Opus Orange has released their contemplative new single “The Burning Question”, a single from the band’s forthcoming album Object Lessons – due out on August 27th. An interesting dynamic about Opus Orange is that it is less of a band and more of a collective of incredible musicians that get together to create music in various forms. Sometimes, like in the case of the solo piano album ‘Equilibrium’, it’s just Paul Bessenbacher.
The brand new track, The Burning Question, is a combination of great music and exciting visual adventure.
Bessenbacher, who’s the son of an immigrant from the Philippines and a marine from Kansas City – has been making music since the age of 8. Growing up in Sacramento, he discovered the depth of the classical repertoire, the spontaneity of jazz, and the sheer joy of garage rock. These influences, among others, inform the 90’s-tinged indie-rock foundation that forthcoming album Object Lessons was built upon.
Now living in Santa Monica where his parents first met, Bessenbacher has a fantastic record of work under his sleeve – his compositions have been featured in documentaries in documentaries like Mile, Mile & a Half, films by Catherine Hardwicke, Brin Hill, and Ric Serena, TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Broad City, Younger, and The Detour, and in advertisements with Google, Apple, and Samsung. Opus Orange makes all genres of music, from solo piano to film soundtrack to indie pop/rock.
“The Burning Question” explores my subversive habit of self-sabotage. The repeating mantra is a therapeutic tool I employ to help me kick the habit. – Paul Bessenbacher
The brand new track is accompanied by a dreamy, illusory, music video directed by Andy Johnson. The eight-track release was mixed by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Sufjan Stevens, Modest Mouse), mastered by Doug Van Sloun (Bright Eyes, First Aid Kit, Damien Jurado) and produced and engineered by Bessenbacherat his recording studio Emoto Music in Southern California.
The new album Object Lessons will be out on August 27th and is available for preorder on Bandcamp – https://opusorange.bandcamp.com/album/object-lessons
Streaming HyperURL – https://ffm.to/opusorangetheburningquestion
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