LP - NEW/NEW - OPUS KINK, The Sweet Goodbye (So Recordings; SOAKLPB675, Europe 2026, Inner, Signed Postcard, Opaque Dark & Pale Dusty Blue Pinwheel Colour Vinyl) - 945988C *** In Stock In Our Crouch End Shop ***RELEASE DATE: 31/07/2026 - PRE-ORDER - This title is available for pre-order and will be sent out to arrive on the release date, which may be subject to change.

With their ever-mutating brand of jazz-and-country-laced punk, Opus Kink have always cut a singular figure in a saturated landscape.  Making their name with incendiary, cult-like live shows, the band - formed in Brighton (UK) in 2017 — has developed a sound as elusive as it is recognisable.  Underscored by a formidable horn section and ragged, sardonic delivery, the band bear passing resemblance to post-punk and no-wave acts like The Pop Group, Birthday Party and Lounge Lizards, but it’s the weaving of older, more traditional influences - choral, folk, country, Latin, Weimar cabaret, cruise-ship-crooning - into the fabric of their music that sets them apart.