Loose Opinions

Memphis, TN’s Loose Opinions is Graham Burks, Jr., multi-instrumentalist and producer who has toured and played with <a href="spotify:artist:6NhP2wV4FsX12noYs82OMz" data-name="Pezz">Pezz</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1Ne7TmReibcNB5XcoGLqEg" data-name="Sweet Knives">Sweet Knives</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:77yextwTD1ZcQq0Q1koLGc" data-name="Magic Kids">Magic Kids</a>, Jeremy Scott, Small Room, <a href="spotify:artist:7EJuDRNh0Z40ankPHDzNEv" data-name="The Perfect Vessels">The Perfect Vessels</a>, Infinity Stairs, and more.

The pandemic forced a change in focus, and in 2020 Burks turned his attention to his solo studio project Loose Opinions. This period was marked with personal and collective frustrations, and he spent the first several months of the pandemic creatively stifled.

“While I was fortunate enough to keep working during the pandemic, I had this overwhelming sense of disappointment in myself. I was supposed to have all of this extra time on my hands to be creative, but instead all I felt was uninspired. Months later my friend and collaborator <a href="spotify:artist:5mujlCQ7AWu1UqKrc0TPOu" data-name="J.D. Reager">J.D. Reager</a> broke out of his own rut and started Back to the Light, a creative collective consisting of a podcast network and record label. J.D.’s spark helped me find mine. For the first time in a long time, I felt connected to the world. Albeit, the connection I felt was based on frustrations that we were all feeling, from pandemic isolation to systemic racism, but we were feeling it together.”

Inspired, Burks wrote and recorded the album at home in late 2020. He played all the instruments, establishing an eclectic, signature sound palette consisting of layered vocal harmonies, heavily affected guitars, bass, analog synths, live and programmed drums, and topped off with the swirl and strum of his vintage Omnichord.