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Singer-songwriter Izaak Opatz looks to move beyond writing about heartbreak

by TAYLOR INMANPRESS PLAY PODCAST
Daily Inter Lake | March 28, 2024 12:00 AM

Missoula musician Izaak Opatz is ready for his next adventure. After finishing his graduate degree, embarking on a West Coast tour, and playing a show at the Under Big Sky festival last year, the singer-songwriter is looking to get back in the recording booth in search of songs that are honest about modern life.

Opatz has had success with his last three albums, “Mariachi Static” in 2018, “Hot and Heavy” in 2020 and “Extra Medium” in 2022. His folk rock songs keep people bopping along as he weaves in stories about his life. As his website states, Opatz is “an ungulate in life’s winter pasture, chewing on and metabolizing disappointment, heartbreak and the other tough stuff into enjoyable musical carbohydrates.” 

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