Bandleader, songwriter Jeremy Scott (ex Reigning Sound) managed to write and gather enough songs for their one-of-a-kind full-length album with the telling title ' Rockets, Bells and Poetry '. He does this with-so he says himself-a "anything but worthless love song"-ethos, which he developed during the multi-year existence of the band and which resulted in the 11 songs on their first LP.
In our recent tribute to Memphis songwriters, Greg Cartwright singled out one local bard who single-handedly inspired him to a higher level of songwriting: Jack Oblivian. And that nod to his writing is borne out not only by his contributions to the Compulsive Gamblers and the Oblivians, but in his solo work. His streak of great songs continues unabated with this year's spring release, Lost Weekend (Black & Wyatt), credited to Jack Oblivian & the Dream Killers.
Opossums' self-titled debut is being released by Black and Wyatt Records on glorious vinyl (and digital streaming and download), with a release show at B-Side on Friday, July 26th. Dennis Black and Robert Wyatt, pediatricians who met at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and bonded over a mutual love of music, head the label, which specializes in plumbing the depths of the Memphis underground scene.
