The Opium Cartel - Valor - LP (Black) Vinyl but Arne left for work

but Arne left for work in Asia and the band faded slowly away

and let Ocean of Lotion's musical world wash over you once again

The result was almost 8 hours of recordings

As Richard so humbly describes himself: "A middle-aged man playing blues in the Anthropocene

‘Mourners’ and ‘Terminal Love’ on the second record

The Opium Cartel - Valor - LP (Black) Vinyl but Arne left for workThe Opium Cartel is songwriter multi instrumentalist Jacob Holm Lupos vehicle for songs that exist somewhere between sophisti pop, art rock and synth pop. Holm Lupo is otherwise known for his progressive rock band White Willow and more recently his instrumental giallo rock project Telepath. The Opium Cartels 3rd album, Valor, is a record about nave but brave dreams. These are songs about the hubris and optimism of childhood and youth. That period of