We're pleased to announce that we'll be playing both the Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits festivals this year! Needless to say, we're unbelievably excited. Come have a blast with us!

Also, we'll be heading to Europe for the first time in May. Crazy!

Yr. Pals,
The Octopus Project

Fantastic!

We've got some totally awesome magazine features coming up in the very near future:

1. Resonance Magazine - We're on the cover! There's also a big, amazing article about us! Go to their website to download a free copy of the magazine.

2. Magnet Magazine - We're featured in their "Magnified" section. Totally sweet!! The issue is on stands now!

3. Austin Monthly - We're going to be featured as one of the top Austin bands to watch out for in 2008. Watch out! This issue will be on stands this week.

Lastly, we're doing an interview/discussion with the Austin Music Foundation tonight at Lambert's restaurant (no relation) in Austin. The interview will be at 7pm, and anyone is welcome to come. Hope to see ya there!

Hey!

We will be playing at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, UK this May! This festival is being curated by the fantastic band Explosions In the Sky. Some of the other folks playing will be Animal Collective, Trail of Dead, Broken Social Scene, Liars, Battles, and of course Explosions In the Sky themselves. Come out and have a blast with us and all the other amazing bands!

Not to worry, other European folks, we will also be doing a slew of shows across Europe, and should be posting the dates very soon.

For now, here are the details:

All Tomorrow's Parties
May 16-18
Minehead, UK

Hello everyone!

We're pleased as punch to announce (as previously mentioned here) that we will be releasing a 7" single in March as a part of the Too Pure singles club. Too Pure is a fantastic label in the UK that is home to such amazing bands as Stereolab, Electrelane and Scout Niblett.

Our single consists of the two brand new songs, "Wet Gold," and "Moon Boil." The former being a lovely jaunt through an arpeggiated land of goodness, and the latter being the most "total rock" song we've ever done. The only way to get the physical copy of the 7" is to subscribe to the club, but both songs will be available on iTunes as well.

In other news...

We'll be playing a few US shows in the near future, and will be mounting a full-scale assault on Europe in April. Stay tuned for the European dates, but the US dates are listed on the shows page.

Alright!

We're home from tour! Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows!

We have a few tidbits of news:

1. We got our first Rolling Stone review! By none other than the fantastic David Fricke! Check it out!

2. We're not playing any more shows this year, but will be heading to Europe in February, and then touring the US again in March. We'll post the dates as soon as they're confirmed.

3. The LP version of "Hello, Avalanche" is finally in and up for sale on our merch page. The LP comes with a free coupon to download MP3s of the entire record!

4. We're working on some new songs for an exciting release early next year. We can't divulge the info yet, but we'll let you know soon!

Love,
The Octopus Project

Here's a picture of the cover for our new record! It isn't officially released until October 9th, but we should have it back from the pressing plant in a few weeks. We'll be selling it at shows as soon as we get it!

The record is done!!

Well, the music part at least. We still have to finish the artwork, but we put the final touches on the music a few days ago. It's such a great feeling! The record is called, Hello, Avalanche, and it has 13 songs on it. We're more proud of this record than anything else we've ever done, and can't wait to share it with everyone. It won't be released until October 9th, but we'll be posting mp3's soon. Here's the tracklisting:

1. Snow Tip Cap Mountain
2. Truck
3. Bees Bein' Strugglin'
4. An Evening with Rthrtha
5. Black Blizzard/Red Umbrella
6. Upmann
7. Mmaj
8. I Saw the Bright Shinies
9. Vanishing Lessons
10. Ghost Moves
11. Exploding Snowhorse
12. Loud Murmuring
13. Queen

More news soon!

Love love love,
The Octopus Project

It's been a while since we last updated! Well, that's because we've been hard at work on our new record! We recorded it at Bear Creek Studio just outside of Seattle during February and March, and we're incredibly excited about it! We're just putting the finishing touches on it right now, and are going to be releasing it on Peek-a-Boo Records this fall. The record is chock full of goodies and surprises. In addition to the normal guitar/bass/drums/keyboards, this time out we've added an army of strings and trombones, some magical Theremin orchestra work by Yvonne, and tons and tons of crazy noises and beats. There are also some special surprises that we're not going to divulge until the record comes out! You'll just have to wait!

Needless to say, we're eager to play the new songs live. The record includes a few new tunes that folks might recognize from the shows (Truck, An Evening with Rthrtha), but mostly comprises of some songs that we just haven't tackled live yet (I've Seen the Bright Shinies, Hello Avalanche!, Queen, Bees Bein' Strugglin'). Which brings me to......

Our shows in the upcoming future! We're playing at Emo's in Austin on June 2nd with Peel and Palaxy Tracks! It's going to be a Peek-a-Boo Records bonanza! We'll also be playing some shows here and there for the rest of the summer before we head out on tour with Stereo Total for a few weeks in August. After that, a headlining tour of the entire US in October and November. Fantastic!! So, if you live in the US, we will definitely be playing somewhere near you this year.

Love love love,
The Octopus Project