Biography
Rocky O'Reilly, who handles guitar, keyboards, and vocoder, joined forces with Shaun Robinson on vocals and drums to create the eccentric electronic pop outfit Oppenheimer. The pair came together in 2004, and the Irish act quickly drew attention across England the following year after BBC Radio 1’s David Holmes began championing their track “Breakfast in NYC.” Live appearances with the Chalets and Architecture in Helsinki soon followed. By September they had signed with Bar/None, which issued their self-titled debut the next spring. The fourteen-track collection featured Ash’s Tim Wheeler guesting on “Orchid.” After a stretch of dates supporting They Might Be Giants, the duo returned in 2008 with the album Take the Whole Midrange and Boost It.
Most of 2009 was spent on the road alongside OK Go and the Presidents of the United States of America before Oppenheimer entered the studio to begin work on a third record. Only a few songs were completed before the members chose to end the project, playing their final concert in December 2009. O'Reilly subsequently launched Malibu Shark Attack!, yet the Oppenheimer catalog continued to grow when Bar/None issued This Racket Takes Its Toll in 2012. The set gathers the six tracks finished for the abandoned album, three additional numbers recorded around the same period, and various B-sides and rarities.
Most of 2009 was spent on the road alongside OK Go and the Presidents of the United States of America before Oppenheimer entered the studio to begin work on a third record. Only a few songs were completed before the members chose to end the project, playing their final concert in December 2009. O'Reilly subsequently launched Malibu Shark Attack!, yet the Oppenheimer catalog continued to grow when Bar/None issued This Racket Takes Its Toll in 2012. The set gathers the six tracks finished for the abandoned album, three additional numbers recorded around the same period, and various B-sides and rarities.
Albums
