Richmond, Virginia has a new landmark—not a building or a statue, but a sonic structure with sharp corners, neon-lit hallways, and emotionally-charged hidden chambers. Opin’s latest full-length album, Embrace the Grift, set for release on August 8, 2025, is less an album and more a living, breathing installation. This is experimental pop dressed in industrial shadows, dipped in electronic murk, and polished with an almost orchestral sense of purpose. At 11 tracks, the project is a fever-dream meditation on repetition, digital identity, and raw, unfiltered emotion—and somehow, it’s also a dance album. Just not the kind of dancing you do with your feet. This is the kind of dancing you do with your neurons. MORE
