DEADLINE SOUND & SCREEN PERFORMANCE
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
Holy smokes!! This past weekend was an absolute dream!! We had the distinct honor of playing two Sasquatch Sunset songs with a 60-piece orchestra for the Deadline Sound & Screen event in Los Angeles. It was truly humbling to share the stage with some of the best composers/songwriters working today - Hans Zimmer, Kris Bowers, Alex Somers & Scott Alario, Diane Warren & Aaron Zigman, Sean Douglas, Andrew Wyatt & Lykke Li, Savan Kotecha, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Debney, Clément Ducol & Camille. Really, just a magical night all around!! It warmed our hearts to see so many great buddies & make a bunch of new ones. Sincerest thanks to everyone who made it out!
The performance & interview is now streaming at deadline.com.
Massive thanks to Deadline, Bleecker Street Films, Accolade PR, White Bear PR, Jherek Bischoff, Danny Reisch & Defiant Talent for making the evening so beautiful & fantastic. And supreme thanks to David Zellner, Nathan Zellner & Riley Keough for being the best collaborators anyone could ever wish for. We love you all so much!!
SASQUATCH SUNSET LP NOW SHIPPING
AUGUST 22, 2024
Sasquatch Sunset LPs now shipping from MUTANT!! This limited physical edition features a lenticular cover, gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeve, and is pressed on 140 gram “Redwood” vinyl (“Green Smoke” at US indie stores & “Blue Smoke” in Europe!). Grab a copy while you can!
Purchase HERE!
140 gram "Redwood" LP
Lenticular Cover
22 tracks
Featuring Riley Keough on the “The Creatures of Nature”
Gatefold jacket
Printed inner sleeve
Mixed by The Octopus Project
Mastered by Max Lorenzen
LP art direction by Mo Shafeek
Released on MUTANT
"READING RAINBOW THEME SONG" VIDEO
JUNE 24, 2024
New single and video out today for our cover of the “Reading Rainbow Theme” featuring Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips!!!
Consequence of Sound premiered the video (animated by the fabulous Gabriella Molina) in their Origins series - check it out HERE!
The Butterfly In the Sky soundtrack will be out digitally via Earth Libraries on June 28th! Go watch the documentary on Netflix right now!
Mixed by Danny Reisch
Mastered by Max Lorenzen
BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY OST
APRIL 18, 2024
Our soundtrack for Butterfly In the Sky comes out THIS SATURDAY (4/20)!! Can’t wait to share this with y’all! We poured our hearts out into this music & went BIG with the vinyl packaging. The LP is only available at participating Record Store Day stores -- digital details coming soon.
Click HERE to find the store closest to you!
2 x LP
31 tracks
Featuring The Flaming Lips on the “Reading Rainbow Theme”
Pop-up butterfly gatefold
Die-cut sleeve
Foil lettering
Splatter vinyl
Mixed by Danny Reisch
Mastered by Max Lorenzen
LP creative direction by Ali Clark
LP art direction by Adamastor Studio
Released on Earth Libraries
SASQUATCH SUNSET OST OUT NOW!
APRIL 12, 2024
Y’ALL!! We couldn’t be more excited/honored/humbled to announce that our soundtrack for SASQUATCH SUNSET is officially available everywhere NOW!! We took some big swings with this one & are so proud of how it turned out. Big thanks to our forever buddies/collaborators, David & Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough for lending us her hauntingly beautiful voice, Milan Records, Mutant & Bleecker Street Films for releasing this crazy music/movie, Henna Chou, Seetha Shivaswamy & Mike St. Clair for the musical accompaniment, and Max Lorenzen for making everything sound tip-top.
Tearing up with happiness. Hope you enjoy the music.
Streaming everywhere HERE! LP pre-order at MUTANT!
THE CREATURES OF NATURE
APRIL 5, 2024
We're so excited to release the first single from SASQUATCH SUNSET, "The Creatures of Nature!" The song features Riley Keough's hauntingly gorgeous vocals, and we couldn't be more honored for her to sing our song. Lyrics by David Zellner. More coming soon!
Such a sublimely wonderful premiere last night. So proud of this film. SASQUATCH SUNSET coming to theaters everywhere April 19th!
Love,
The Octopus Project
BERLINALE!
December 21, 2023
Berlin! Stoked to have our international premiere of Sasquatch Sunset at Berlinale this year. See y'all in February!
Love,
The Octopus Project
SASQUATCH SUNSET!
December 6, 2023
Surprise! We scored the new Zellner Bros. film, Sasquatch Sunset, starring Riley Keough & Jesse Eisenberg! The film was executive produced by Ari Aster & will be premiering at Sundance in January, with a wide release by Bleecker Street in 2024. More details to come soon…
Love,
The Octopus Project
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY SHOWS!
December 5, 2023
We are incredibly stoked to announce that we will be performing a SPECIAL AMBIENT SET opening for our pals, Explosions In the Sky, at their ACL Live Austin shows on December 15th & 16th. Ticket link HERE. See y’all next week!
Love,
The Octopus Project
NOVEMBER SHOWS!
October 20, 2023
Hey buddies!! We're playing two FREE shows in the Austin area in November -- Buzzfest in Bee Cave on 11/09 and at Heritage Square in Taylor on 11/16. More details HERE and HERE respectively. See ya there!
We just released a video for our cover of the song VIKRAM VIKRAM!! Check it out above & grab tix for our May 5th show at the Parish with Fuck Money & Galactic ProtectorHERE!
Love,
The Octopus Project
AUSTIN MAY SHOW
April 6, 2023
Excited to announce an upcoming Austin show with our pals Fuck Money & Galactic Protector! The show will be at the newly renovated Parish on May 5th and you can grab tickets HERE.
Extremely stoked for this one!! Gonna be a crazy night!! See y'all soon!!
Surprise! We have a new covers EP called 'I Want Vikram'!! This record features three tunes — “Vikram Vikram,” “I Want Candy,” and “Khala My Friend.” We love these songs so much and are super stoked to share them with you!
“Vikram Vikram,” composed by Ilaiyaraaja for the 1986 Tamil film Vikram, is an all-stops-out electro-disco-Kollywood jam that involved trying a few new things on our part. Perhaps you will see what we mean. Our version of “I Want Candy” (best known as a Bow Wow Wow tune, though that itself was a cover!) was first released on a KUTX compilation a few years back & is now widely available for the first time here. “Khala My Friend” is our tender take on a 1975 song by some nice artistes in Zambia, Amanaz. We hope you enjoy the tunes.
ALSO - Until Dec 10 all LPs are ON SALE and come with a bonus gift - a FREE LP copy of our score for the film Damsel and a FREE holographic sticker (brand new design!)
Super excited to announce that BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY, the Reading Rainbow documentary that we scored, will be premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9!! AND! There will be a conversation w/ LeVar Burton after the film!!!
More info & screening times HERE!
Official Soundtrack forthcoming on Earth Libraries!!!
Love,
The Octopus Project
IDENTIFICATION PARADE 20th ANNIVERSARY!
April 16, 2022
HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY to our first official release, Identification Parade!!!! The record came out on Peek-A-Boo Records on April 16th, 2002 & kickstarted what has been the most amazing adventure we could have ever dreamt up!!
Enormous thanks to Travis Higdon at Peek-A-Boo Records for taking a chance on a bunch of unknown, young, scrappy weirdos all those years ago. We couldn’t be more appreciative of his undying support.
And thanks to all of you for listening, going to shows, buying merch, hanging out, letting us crash at your house, bringing us baked goods, and generally being the raddest & most supportive folks. Endless love to all of you!!
Much, much, much more music to come…
Love,
The Octopus Project
MOOG ETHERWAVE PERFORMANCE
April 14, 2022
Y’all!! Moog just released a brand new Etherwave Theremin & we are extremely honored to celebrate its launch by premiering a re-imagined version our 2007 tune, I Saw the Bright Shinies, shot at the Moog Sound Lab on all Moog gear!! Check out the video above!
In the performance, the Etherwave Theremin takes center stage as both lead instrument and CV controller for the Moog Matriarch paraphonic semi-modular analog synth (as a creative way to play its filter).
A million thanks to Jason Daniello, Spencer Kelly, Kenny Harrington, Max Ravitz & the whole Moog/Sound Lab family. We got to spend a dream-come-true few days at the Moog factory in Asheville, NC filming the video & we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you!!
For those whom it may interest, a gear rundown:
We used 16 Moog pieces of gear in total! Yvonne is playing the melody on the new Etherwave Theremin, with harmonies from Spencer on a Moog One and Toto on a vintage Rogue. Josh plays a rhythm part and chorus swells on a Matriarch. Main synth sequence consists of one monophonic line cycling through 5x Mother 32s, beats come from 3x DFAM, sub bass from an additional Mother 32. Chords in the chorus are running on an independent synth within Spencer’s Moog One, and the call-and-response on the chorus is between Yvonne’s Etherwave and an additional Matriarch which Toto is modulating with his own theremin acting as a CV controller. 100% Moog sound sources, MIDI programming done in Ableton Live, reactive visuals made with TouchDesigner.
Love,
The Octopus Project
READING RAINBOW DOCUMENTARY!
September 3, 2021
We are over-the-rainbow excited to announce that we are scoring the upcoming READING RAINBOW documentary, Butterfly In the Sky!!!
Like many of you, we grew up watching the show. It shaped our childhoods & fostered a love of reading that we all share today. Not to mention, LeVar Burton is pretty much the greatest dude around! We couldn’t be more proud to be a part of such a special project.
The film is directed by Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb, produced by Bryan Storkel and comes from studio XTR. The soundtrack will be available from Earth Libraries!
I promise you will love the film, but you don’t have to take MY word for it!!
Love,
The Octopus Project
LEVITATION 2021!
June 29, 2021
Our FIRST LIVE SHOW OF 2021 will be at LEVITATION on October 28th at Sholz Garten with our pals DEEP TIME and BOTANY!
The whole festival lineup is bonkers!!
4 Day Passes are SOLD OUT but you can still buy tickets for individual shows HERE!
Love,
The Octopus Project
COFFEE COLLABORATION WITH TRY HARD!
May 17, 2021
We are extremely excited to announce a coffee collaboration we're doing with the fine folks at Try Hard Coffee: Music Is Happiness.
The coffee is a single origin Ethiopia with notes of peach, cherry blossom, and sugar cane. Y'all, it's absolutely amazing!! It tastes like summer!
Join us for an online performance and workshop benefiting our pals at the Central Texas Mycological Society. Over the past year, we’ve been collecting biodata from various mushrooms via a MIDI Biodata Sonification Device that turns fungi data into MIDI information, which is then used to make music and control visuals. At the concert, we’ll be facilitating a live mushroom audio/visual performance featuring occasional human accompaniment. Various mushrooms will be providing the source material in real time — creating an ambient and meditative experience.
After the performance, we’ll be conducting an additional workshop to discuss and answer questions about the process of creating this fungi-driven project.
$20 (live performance) • $40 (performance and workshop) • Donation (performance // $5 minimum)
Love,
The Octopus Project
OCULUS PERFORMANCE 02/05
January 30, 2021
Attention OCULUS owners!!! Watch us play an honest-to-goodness LIVE show in the VR world from the comfort of your home on February 5th at 7pm CST. It’s FREE & will be on VOD after the 5th!
First band practice since quarantine started & feeling pretty amazing!
Love,
The Octopus Project
CATS SHIRT!
July 3, 2020
It’s Bandcamp day & our CATS shirt is now available!! In addition, a portion of today’s proceeds will be donated to The Conscious Kid! Grab one here!
Love,
The Octopus Project
DJ SET TODAY
February 24, 2020
Our Time Captain DJ set on KUZU.fm starts at 11am CST today!!!! 2 hours of sweet beats & sonic treats!
Photo by Cody Ross Cowan
Love,
The Octopus Project
CHRISTMAS ON MARS
December 24, 2019
On 12/24/1999 (20 YEARS AGO!!!!!), we released our first foray into the world — a hand burned CDR entitled ‘Christmas On Mars.’ We wrote & recorded the tunes on a Tascam 8-track cassette recorder over the course of about a week, handed the CDRs out to friends & family for Xmas, and never looked back!!! A few of the tunes ended up on our first record, and the others have never been released elsewhere. Check out a baby OP below!
HOUSTON!! We’re playing at Axelrad on 10/26!!! It's a FREE Neon Garden event w/ Lazybit Collective & SIXIXIX!!!
Let's hang, Houston buds!!!
(Photo by Chapin Patel)
Love,
The Octopus Project
NOMADX FESTIVAL!
May 1, 2019
We’re playing the NOMADX Festival on May 26th at Empire!! Music! Conferences! Workshops! Tournaments! Time Travel*!
See you there!!!
*TBD
Love,
The Octopus Project
LOOM II PHOTOS!
April 26, 2019
Loving these photos from LOOM II by Mike Manewitz, Happy Mercado & Erica Shamaly!!
We’re DJing at Cheer Up Charlie's tomorrow night for Josh Denslow’s book release. Come party with us! 8pm!
Love,
The Octopus Project
LOOM II PERFORMANCE AT FUSEBOX FESTIVAL!
April 10, 2019
Extremely excited to share LOOM II — an immersive, ambient surround sound & surround light performance/art installation. It’s in a giant warehouse in downtown Austin (1300 E. 5th St.), it's FREE & it’s gonna be nuts!!! We spent the last couple of months programming lights & audio movements, as well as welding frames & hand cutting hundreds of mirrors for three enormous pyramidal chandeliers that will be hanging above everyone. It looks pretty bonkers!!
Walk around while we’re playing! Bring a blanket & bliss out on the ground! Enter another dimension with us tonight!!
Thanks to Fusebox Festival for hosting & being all around rad folks!
Botany opens the show at 10pm & we play at 11pm. See you there!!
Love,
The Octopus Project
"OP & FRIENDS" SXSW DAY PARTY!!!
March 10, 2019
Suuuuuper stoked for our 5th(!) Annual Octopus Project & Friends Day Party at Mohawk on Saturday, March 16th!!! 12 - 6pm!! Free!! All Ages!! So many rad bands!! Can't wait!!
Love,
The Octopus Project
DAMSEL LP NOW AVAILABLE!
December 14, 2018
Damsel Soundtrack now available on 180-gram vinyl!!! Super limited edition! Includes fold-out Butterscotch poster!!
First show of 2019 will be way up in Calgary on 01/27 at the fantastic BIG WINTER CLASSIC FESTIVAL!!! Yonatan Gat! The Coathangers! Shannon & The Clams! Shout Out Out Out Out!!
10/31 - Houston at White Oak Music Hall w/ New Fumes
11/01 - Dallas at The Curtain Club w/ New Fumes
11/02 - Austin at Mohawk Austin w/ AUNTIE
11/03 - San Antonio at Paper Tiger w/ Dolphin Dilemma
We are unbelievably excited to announce that Milan Records will be releasing our DAMSEL soundtrack digitally next Friday -- June 22nd!!
Check out two new songs right now over at The Playlist!!!
Tracklisting below:
1. Samuel & Penelope
2. Town
3. All Fixed Up
4. Yodel For A Hanging (written/performed by Russel Mael)
5. Outhouse Lullaby
6. Will We Meet Again?
7. Baltimore
8. Zachariah Running Bear
9. Regular Horses
10. Rufus
11. Cakewalk
12. Funeral
13. The Wake
14. Winchester
15. Homestead
16. Tree Carving
17. Butterscotch
18. Spaces
19. Clean Slate
20. Back To Town
21. Parting Ways
22. The End
23. Honeybun (performed by Robert Pattinson)
Love,
The Octopus Project
EAST COAST! EAST COAST!
May 31st, 2018
Happy to announce that we'll be hitting the eastern half of the US again this July!! Some new spots, some old faves -- can't wait!! See ya soon!!
06/16 - Dallas, TX @ Texas Theatre *
06/29 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
07/05 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl +
07/06 - Athens, GA @ Caledonia +
07/07 - Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light +
07/08 - Roanoke, VA @ 5 Points +
07/09 - Vienna, VA @ Union Stage +
07/11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie +
07/14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere +
07/15 - Cleveland, OH @ Mahall's 20 Lanes +
07/16 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen +
07/18 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club +
07/19 - Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room +
07/20 - Norman, OK @ Opolis *
07/21 - Denton, TX @ Dan's Silverleaf *
+ w/ Botany
* w/ New Fumes
Love,
The Octopus Project
EUROPE!
April 17th, 2018
EXTREMELY STOKED!!! We're heading to Europe in two weeks!!
05/03 - Barcelona, Spain @ The Sidecar
05/04 - Murcia, Spain @ WAM Fest
05/05 - Madrid, Spain @ Wurlitzer Ballroom
05/06 - San Sebastian, Spain @ Dabadaba
05/09 - Paris, France @ Super Sonic
05/10 - Lille, France @ Do It Yourself Café
05/11 - Luxembourg @ Rotondes (w/ Deerhoof)
05/12 - Aalst, BE @ Cirque Mystic
05/15 - Gent, BE @ Afsnis
More dates TBA soon!
Love,
The Octopus Project
LEVITATION!
April 7th, 2018
Our next show is at LEVITATION in Austin on April 28th!! We're playing with Dan Deacon, Cults, Butcher Bear, No Joy, Soundfounder, Botany & Al Lover. Holy smokes!!! What a lineup!!!
We have two shows over SXSW! Hope to see ya there!!
03/13 - Cheer Up Charlies (12am)
Greenbelt Touring Official Showcase
03/17 - Mohawk (12 - 6pm)
OP & Friends Day Party -- FREE! ALL AGES!
Love,
The Octopus Project
HELLO, AVALANCHE 11th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE REISSUE
November 28, 2017
Welcome to 2018 everyone!
As we enter a year that will finally bring us flying cars, robot butlers and a telepathy-based internet, the members of The Octopus Project were astonished to discover that it's been 11 years since the release of their third album and perennial fan-favorite Hello, Avalanche. As such, it felt appropriate to re-release the record in a deluxe 11th anniversary incarnation - newly remastered, visually redesigned, and pressed on two 180-gram LPs in a gatefold sleeve. That second LP contains 2009's Golden Beds EP (9th anniversary alert!) and a full side of 12 never-before-heard demos from that era, giving fans a look into an expanded Avalanche universe for the first time -- including a recording of the first ever "Truck" practice.
Pre-orders ship on or before 01/15 -- In stores 01/26!
In addition, we'll be heading out on a west coast tour (east dates coming soon!) with our buddy, New Fumes, so come party with us!! See you in the FUTURE!!!!
01/18 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
01/19 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
01/20 - Albuquerque, NM @ TBA
01/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
01/24 - Boise, ID @ The Olympic
01/26 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
01/27 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar
01/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord
01/30 - Santa Cruz, CA @ TBA
01/31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg
02/01 - Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
02/02 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
02/03 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
Love,
The Octopus Project
AMBIENT QUADROPHONIC A/V EXPERIMENT
October 10, 2017
Hey Austin!!
Got something weird coming up for you on Fri Oct 27: we're doing an improvised ambient set in the midst of a quadrophonic sound + light installation that we're creating at the Museum of Human Achievement. This event is intended as an experiment in creating an immersive visual and sonic environment and spontaneously composing music to fit that space - it's gonna be some trippy shit, bring a pillow or a blanket & come get in the zone with us!
10/27 -- Museum of Human Achievement -- 9:30pm -- FREE!!
Super stoked for this, Denver and Norman are two of our all-time favorite spots and these will be our first shows everrrrrr in Wichita and Ft. Collins. Come party with us, let's experience the experience together!!!!
JULY SHOWS!
July 3, 2017
We have two Austin shows in July -- both of them are FREE!!!!!
July 14th -- Hot Summer Nights Free Week at Empire Control Room (11pm)
July 19th -- Do512 presents Sound & Cinema at The Long Center (6pm)
See ya then!!!
LEVITATION SHOW
May 4, 2017
Hey gang! Levitation Presents us, Ringo Deathstarr, Mystic Braves, Al Lover, Creation Factory at Barracuda on June 16th! Gonna be a spectacular party!!!
'MEMORY MIRROR' RECORD RELEASE SHOW!
April 25, 2017
AUSTIN!!! Join us at the Texas Spirit Theater for a one-of-a-kind multisensory live show celebrating the release of our new album "Memory Mirror!" Rumble seats! Indoor weather effects! Mulit-screen visuals!! SURPRISES WILL ABOUND.
Tickets are extremely limited!! Don't miss it, Austin!
'Memory Mirror' east coast tour starts today!! We'll have the new album at the merch table along with some other cool weird stuff. Come say hello!
4/04 - Houston, TX @ Walter’s
4/05 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
4/06 - Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
4/07 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
4/08 - Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
4/09 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
4/10 - Washington DC @ DC9
4/11 - New Yor,k NY @ Mercury Lounge
4/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
4/14 - Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz
4/15 - Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar
4/16 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
4/17 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
4/18 - Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
4/19 - St. Louis, MO @ Bootleg
4/20 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone
4/21 - Hot Springs, AR @ Low Key Arts
4/22 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
SXSW!
March 14, 2017
SXSW is upon us & we have a bunch of shows! Let's party, AUSTIN!!!
03/14 @ Empire Control Room & Garage (11:15pm)
03/15 @ Mohawk (12:30pm)
03/18 @ Spider House -- FREE! ALL AGES! (6pm)
03/18 @ The Blackheart (1am)
MEMORY MIRROR!
January 27, 2017
Hello team!
We have a new record!! It's called Memory Mirror and it comes out on April 7th on our very own label, Robot High School.
We recorded it mostly in our home studio & were lucky enough to mix it with two amazing sound wizards -- Danny Reisch and Dave Fridmann. Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound put the mastering shine on the whole thing & the face-melting artwork was done by Jaime Zuverza.
Check out the first single, "Wrong Gong," above!
It's available on LP (triple gatefold! 180 gram!), CD, Cassette & digitally. Head over to the Pre-Order Page to pick up a copy!
MEMORY MIRROR
1. Prism Riot
2. Brounce
3. Wrong Gong
4. Mendoza
5. Remember Remembering
6. Understanding Fruit
7. Small Hundred
8. Pedro Yang
9. Woah, Mossman!!
10. Beta Wand
11. Cuidate
12. Ledgeridge
13. Leven
WEST COAST TOUR!
January 12, 2017
Super stoked to announce that we'll be heading west next month with our pals, Sound of Ceres. It's gonna be a pretty crazy tour! Can't wait!!! More dates TBA.
Maybe another announcement soon? Hmm....
2/23 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
2/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg
2/25 - Oakland, CA @ The Night Light
2/26 - Portland, OR @ The Doug Fir
2/27 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
3/01 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
3/02 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett
3/03 - Boise, ID @ Flying M Room
3/04 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Urban Lounge
3/05 - Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
SPAIN TOUR!
July 28, 2016
We're heading to Spain in October!!! Our brains are going to explode all over the country!! Come out and catch our brain pieces!!
10/12 - Madrid, ES @ Moby Dick Club
10/13 - Murcia, ES @ Sala REM
10/15 - Sevilla, ES @ Monkey Week Club
10/20 - Santiago de Compostela, ES @ TBC
10/21 - Oviedo, ES @ La Salvaje
10/22 - Barcelona, ES @ Sala Be Good
10/23 - Valencia, ES @ Loco Club
SOUTHWEST MINI-TOUR!
July 27, 2016
Let's get together! And music! And friends!!
08/11 - El Paso, TX @ Bowie Feathers
08/12 - T or C, NM @ Gallery Orbit
SXSW!
March 7, 2016
SXSW is just around the corner & we have a bunch of shows coming up! Hope to see you out there!!
Just got back from mixing a round of tunes at Tarbox Road Studios with master sound manipulator/nicest guy in the world, Dave Fridmann. One more round to go! We're beyond excited to share the results!!
TEXAS SHOWS!
October 13th, 2015
Super happy to announce a few Texas shows in December with our pals, Crooks On Tape. These will be our last shows of the year -- let's get nuts together!!
12/03 - Houston, TX at Walter's - TICKETS
12/04 - San Antonio, TX at Paper Tiger - TICKETS
12/05 - Austin, TX at Mohawk - TICKETS
NELDA!
August 26th, 2015
It's Nelda!
Where is the rest of her body??? Is it under water? Is it in your bookshelf? IN ANOTHER DIMENSION???
Nelda comes with a USB stick featuring new tunes, pictures & goodies.
Nelda was lovingly sculpted in clay, molded in silicone, cast in resin, packaged in cardboard and sent by us, the band.
Nelda is 2.5" tall & 8" long.
Limited to a super small run. Nelda comes in turquoise, magenta and surprise colors. Colors/finishes/opacities vary. We're making them by hand, so ya know!
Order cutoff September 2nd, ships by September 4th.
Nelda is on vacation. No more sales right now.
EUROPE TOUR 2015!
August 6th, 2015
Europe!! We're delighted to announce that we'll be heading your way in September. Let's hang!!
09/11 -- Santiago de Compostela, ES at WOSINC
09/13 -- Penafiel, PT at IGNITION
09/17 -- Galway, IE at Roisin Dubh
09/18 -- Clonakilty, IE at Clonakilty Guitar Fest
09/19 -- Angers, FR at Levitation France
09/22 -- Paris, FR at Petit Bain
09/23 -- La Roche-Sur-Yon, FR at Fuzz'Yon
09/25 -- Liverpool, UK at Liverpool Psych Fest
09/26 -- Folkstone, UK at YARP Fest
09/27 -- Northampton, UK at The Labour Club
09/29 -- London, UK at Shacklewell Arms
09/30 -- Cardiff, UK at Exit 7
+ more coming soon!
KUMIKO OST VINYL!
July 13, 2015
Our soundtrack for Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is finally available on vinyl!! Extremely limited edition, letter pressed jacket, 180 gram white vinyl, comes with a download for the whole album -- $25!!
It's the first release on our own record label (Robot High School) & we couldn't be more excited! Starts shipping today!
We are excited to announce that our score for Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is officially available for pre-sale on iTunes (for $7.99!)! It's minimal, it's cold & we couldn't be more proud of it. We won the Special Jury Award at Sundance 2014 for this score (what??!).
It's perfect for listening to while driving through the desert, ice fishing on a frozen lake or taking your solo balloon trip around the world.
It will be available digitally on March 10th & on 180 gram white vinyl in a few months.
JAPAN!!!!!!! Konichiwa, Kyoto!! Watashitachi wa hijo ni kofun shite iru!
Tour Dates:
10/16 @ KYOTO GROWLY
10/17 @ OSAKA SHINSAIBASHI FAN-J
10/18 @ TOKYO SHIBUYA O-crest
10/19 ZANKYO MATSURI @ TOKYO Zepp Diver City
10/20 @ TOKYO SHIBUYA O-nest
Love,
The Octopus Project
PBS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT US!
August 1st, 2014
The kind folks at PBS have been following us around and filming our various goings-on for the past few months and have edited all the footage into an episode of their Arts In Context series. We're incredibly honored!
The episode aired last night, but you can check it out online HERE!
Love,
The Octopus Project
JUNE TEXAS SHOWS!
June 5th, 2014
Texas!!!
We're playing a couple of shows in our lovely home state this month. CHECK THEM OUT:
06/14 - Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
06/19 - Dallas, TX @ The Prophet Bar
Love,
The Octopus Project
EUROPEAN DATES!
April 9th, 2014
Europe!!!
We're heading your way in May/June & could not be more excited. Italy! Wales! Ireland! England! Scotland! France! Check out the dates (we'll be adding more soon!):
05/06 - Bianconiglio // TREVISO, ITALY
05/07 - Zuni // FERRARA, ITALY
05/08 - Clandestino // FAENZA, ITALY
05/09 - Blah Blah // TURIN, ITALY
05/10 - Macello Festival // PADOVA, ITALY
05/13 - The Moon Club // CARDIFF, WALES
05/14 - The Workman's Club // DUBLIN, IRELAND
05/15 - Cobblestone Joes // LIMERICK, IRELAND
05/18 - Crane Lane Theatre // CORK, IRELAND
05/22 - The New Adelphi // HULL, ENGLAND
05/23 - Tunnels // ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
05/25 - Venue TBC // PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND
05/26 - The Lexington // LONDON, ENGLAND
05/28 - Espace B // PARIS, FRANCE
05/29 - Confort Moderne // POITIERS, FRANCE
05/30 - Les Nuits Sonores // LYON, FRANCE
06/02 - I.Boat // BORDEAUX, FRANCE
06/03 - Venue TBC // MAYENNE, FRANCE
06/04 - La Machine a Coudre // MARSEILLE, FRANCE
06/06 - Le Chabada // ANGERS, FRANCE
06/07 - West Side Festival, Dame Des Monts // NANTES, FRANCE
06/08 - La Ducasse // DUNKERQUE, FRANCE
Love,
The Octopus Project
WE WON AT SUNDANCE!
January 26th, 2014
Honored & amazed - our soundtrack for Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter won the Special Jury Award for Musical Score at the Sundance Film Festival! Whaat!?
"MMKIT" Animation Collaboration Video!
January 24th, 2014
14 teams of animators + one of our jams + 48 hours = adventure for your eyeballs.
Check out the Vimeo page for more info on the project!
Thanks, Austin Motion Artists Group for organizing the whole shebang, and thanks to all of the animators for their fantastic work!!
Love,
The Octopus Project
FALL TEXAS SHOWS!!
November 17th, 2013
Hello folks!
We're super happy to announce that our last two shows of 2013 will be in Houston & Austin!! Our pals, Tele Novella, will be accompanying us on both shows. Borrisokane will be opening in Austin & Chin Xaou Ti Won in Houston. Super crazy awesome times!!! See you there!!
'FEVER FORMS' ALBUM RELEASE SHOW THIS WEEK!!
June 30th, 2013
So excited about this show!!! Wild Moccasins and Zorch will be playing with us, and there will be some fun surprises!!! See you dudes at the Mohawk on Saturday!!!
"SHARPTEETH" Single/Video Out Today!
June 25th, 2013
Hello!
We're super psyched to share "Sharpteeth," the second single from Fever Forms. The single features two exclusive B-sides and is available digitally from iTunes and and eMusic, or get the limited edition fluorescent pink vinyl 7" from Peek-A-Boo Records.
The video finds a group of furred and feathered usurpers performing the tune in a world somewhere between Lawrence Welk and Enter the Void. Psychic misadventures ensue. Directed by the band, the video was shot at the Scottish Rite theater in Austin, TX and in its surrounding mystery jungles.
Side A:
Sharpteeth
Side B:
Pyramid Kosmos (Cosmic Redaction Version)
Microchasm
Love,
The Octopus Project
'FEVER FORMS' Pre-order
June 14th, 2013
Hello!
Our new album, 'Fever Forms,' is coming out on July 9th & we're super excited to announce pre-order details!
In addition to the standard digital, CD & LP options, we're offering a "SUPER DELUXE" bundle featuring:
• Choice of CD or LP (on translucent gold vinyl!)
• Album download + exclusive bonus tracks
• Limited edition 3D Viewmaster + 3D reel
• Limited edition t-shirt designed by Peelander Yellow
• Both "Sharpteeth" and "Whitby" singles
• Exclusive buttons
You know you would look awesome wearing that shirt while looking through the Viewmaster & jamming our new tunes!!
FEVER FORMS Stereoscopic Trailer #2
June 8th, 2013
Here's another 3D stereoscopic trailer! It features a snippet from the song, "The Man with the Golden Hand." FEVER FORMS is out July 9th!!
Love,
The Octopus Project
FEVER FORMS Stereoscopic Trailer
May 29th, 2013
This is a 3D video! To view it you'll need to learn to cross your eyes and focus on the "third image" that forms in the middle. This technique is also known as free-viewing, you can read much more about it on the web. Here's a pretty concise explanation to start with: chasm.com/crosseye.htm
It takes some dedicated practice but trust us, it's worth it. Oh, also we have a new album coming in July!
Love,
The Octopus Project
FEVER FORMS
April 4, 2013
Hello doods!
We're super excited to announce details about our new record!!! It's called 'Fever Forms' and will be out on July 9th on Peek-A-Boo Records. We'll be announcing pre-order details (with some crazy surprises!) very soon, but for now, here's the cover and tracklisting....
1. The Falls
2. Pyramid Kosmos
3. Whitby
4. Death Graduates
5. The Mythical E.L.C.
6. Unspool
7. Mmkit
8. The Man with the Golden Hand
9. Perhap
10. Choi Sighs
11. Deep Spice
12. Sharpteeth
Love,
The Octopus Project
WHITBY
November 7, 2012
Hello!
We have a new single out today! Hooray!!
The song is called "Whitby," and is being released in a couple of different ways.... The first contains the song itself, a remix, two non-album tracks, a karaoke version(!), and a video download. You can buy it NOW from the Peek-A-Boo website, or as a download code paired with a silk-screened poster from us at shows (dates to the left).
The song & the remix are available from the usual online spots such as iTunes and eMusic. Yes!
Check out the jam below!
Love,
The Octopus Project
SISTERS IMPOSSIBLE
July 29, 2012
Hey folks!
Over the past couple of months, we've been super busy working on a new record. We'll be releasing it early next year, but in the meantime, we'll be touring the US in the fall. More details as they come in, but we can't wait to share the new tunes with you guys!
Also, we have a Tumblr page now, and it's much more frequently updated. Ch-ch-ch-check it outtt::
A new year is upon us and it's time for some new stuff!! We're playing two shows in Texas in February and are excited to try out some new tunes as well as an entirely new video setup (seen above). We figured out how to map video to our amps and are pretty jazzed with the results. See you at the shows!
02/10 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
02/11 - Dallas, TX @ The Granada Theater
