05 July 2011 - 0 Comments

Mushroom Music continues its enduring status as New Zealand’s premiere music publisher, with two prestigious signings in the bands OpShop and Jakob.

OPSHOP

Over the past seven years, Auckland based four-piece OPSHOP has become one of New Zealand’s best-loved bands, crafting a constant stream of massive hits and two multi platinum-selling albums, You Are Here and Second Hand Planet, distributing along the way some of the most recognisable songs of the last decade.

One Day picked up a host of industry awards along the way, including the 2008 APRA Silver Scroll for Song of the Year, arguably the highest accolade awarded for song writing in New Zealand. Until the End of Time is their third long player debuted at the number one spot in 2010.

In 2011, lead singer Jason Kerrison was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to music

http://www.opshopmusic.com/

JAKOB

They have been compared to such bands as Mogwai, Sonic Youth, Sigur Ros & ISIS, though they largely eschew any vocals or samples in their songs. At times putting the post- into rock, and at others kicking the whole bloody fence down, Jakob’s lush and textured take on the guitar/ bass/drums format continues to broaden and enthrall with every performance and release. Their music is captivating and mesmerizing, the sedate becoming devastating in the blink of a crowd’s collective eye.

Since 1998 Jakob have connected listeners the world over with their cascading crescendos, They begin recording of their fourth album this September. Look out.

http://www.jakob.co.nz/

Thanks to www.mushroomgroup.co.nz for this story.

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