PLANET OPAL Unveil New Single: "I’ve Heard Brian Eno in the McDonald’s Fridge"

The experimental duo PLANET OPAL, composed of Giorgio Assi (producer, mix engineer, synthesizers, vocals) and Leonardo De Franceschi (drums), returns with I’ve Heard Brian Eno in the McDonald’s Fridge, the first single from their forthcoming album Recreate Patterns, Release Energy. Released on 14th March via Dischi Sotterranei, the track serves as a bold statement of intent, continuing the band’s exploration of contrast, tension, and transformation.

Since their inception in 2018, PLANET OPAL has built a reputation for their unpredictable sonic landscapes, drawing inspiration from krautrock’s hypnotic rhythms, dance-punk’s raw energy, and experimental electronics’ textural depth. Their 2021 debut album, Cartalavonu, introduced audiences to their distinctive style, which they have since refined through a relentless touring schedule across Italy and beyond, gracing international stages such as the MENT Festival in Ljubljana, the Mondo Festival in New York, and Transmusicales in Rennes.

Their latest offering, I’ve Heard Brian Eno in the McDonald’s Fridge, exemplifies their fascination with repetition and rupture. The track bursts into life with an unyielding bassline, its raw and driving energy setting the stage for a stumbling, off-kilter drum groove. An octave hi-hat barely holds the rhythm together, injecting a sense of precarious momentum. The vocals, delivered with deadpan detachment, introduce a surreal refrain:

"I’ve heard Brian Eno in the McDonald’s fridge, I don’t know what he said but has a meaning to me."

A phrase caught somewhere between absurdity and introspection, it reflects the duo’s ability to weave the mundane into the profound. As Assi explains, the inspiration behind the song stems from his time working at McDonald’s, where the hum of the kitchen’s tempering fridge reminded him of the drone in Brian Eno’s Thursday Afternoon. A fleeting moment of clarity amid chaos, this unexpected sonic resemblance became the foundation for a track that plays with both structure and meaning.

This single offers a glimpse into Recreate Patterns, Release Energy, an album that sees PLANET OPAL breaking down and reconstructing musical and conceptual frameworks. Their approach is as cerebral as it is visceral, using sound to explore the tension between order and disorder, routine and reinvention.

Ahead of their highly anticipated 2025 tour, the duo has already been announced as one of the first acts in the lineup for the Spring Attitude Festival, set to take place on 12th–13th September at La Nuvola in Rome. With international recognition growing - including premieres on platforms such as the BBC - PLANET OPAL’s latest chapter promises to push their sonic vision even further, proving once again that their music thrives in the space between euphoria and dissonance.