# Opus Kink – “Low Roader”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/opus-kink-low-roader/
- Published: 2026-11-09T21:38:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T22:37:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2517069/opus-kink-low-roader/music/

## Key points

- Opus Kink have released a new single, “Low Roader”.
- It reworks the Scottish folk song “The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond”.
- Saxophones and surf-rock guitars shape its gritty, swaggering sound.

## Summary

Opus Kink have released “Low Roader”, their first new single since their debut album, *The Sweet Goodbye*, came out this summer. The track reworks the traditional Scottish folk song “The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond”, turning its sombre story of lovers separated by death into a more forceful, swaggering song.

The arrangement combines a menacing pace with circling saxophones and gritty surf-rock guitars. Its sound is described as falling between ska-punk and jazzy rockabilly, giving the folk melody a markedly different feel.

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