Seven Lions‘ music is already flawless while standing on its own, but the accompaniment of a string quartet takes those productions to an entirely different playing field. Those in attendance at either the Ophelia Records head’s Higher Love run at Red Rocks or Chronicles III at The Gorge Amphitheatre had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see those worlds collide in person at two of the planet’s most breathtaking venues. Just days after Ophelia Records’ Pantheon tour came to a finale at Brooklyn’s Avant Gardner, Seven Lions turned that forenamed pairing into a streaming reality, reuniting with string quartet ATLYS for the first-ever orchestral project between the two by reimagining eight of his time-tested classics.There was no original intention of Opus materializing, but when Seven Lions asked ATLYS to tag along to Colorado back in July, an overwhelmingly receptive response from the Red Rocks audience led to him feeling that the combination deserved to evolve into a tangible project. The perfectly named release sees some of Seven Lions’ greatest releases get broken down into their purest, most natural state, with “Only Now,” “Rush Over Me,” “The Blood,” “Dreamin’,” “What’s Done Is Done,” “First Time,” “Ocean,” and “Worlds Apart” all receiving an enchanted string-led renditions at the hands of the all-female group as well as two composers who arranged the music from scratch. ATLYS shared a heartfelt message behind teaming up with Seven Lions and creating Opus, stating,Stream all eight Opus renditions below.Featured image: AJR PhotosTags: atlys, Ophelia Records, Seven Lions
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