The Octopus Project Releases New Album & Announces Tour (NYC Date 8/17)

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The Octopus Project's fifth feature-length album, Fever Forms, is out today via Peek-A-Boo Records.  To get my hands on some bonus tracks, I pre-ordered the album directly from the label, only to spend the morning waiting for the download code and filling the hole with previews on iTunes.  There's also this video for the second single, "Sharpteeth" to revisit (I wrote about the first single, "Whitby" here). A pulsating intro pulls the listener into their world of indietronica, where musicality meets rampant creativity.  The song embraces vocals in a simplistic way, while a complicated instrumentation takes over until it all collides into an ending.  The Octopus Project directed the video, shot by the Zellner Brothers at the Scottish Rite Theater in Austin, Texas and according to Peek-A-Boo Records, "in its surrounding mystery jungles" where "psychic misadventures ensue."

In the middle of all this is Yvonne Lambert's lovely theremin solo, played with the poise of a ballerina.  When I interviewed the band after seeing them perform at Moogfest 2010, I told her how I could tell she was a dancer right away since I was a fellow dancer-type. Indeed, Lambert took lessons as a child and it's apparently transferred over into the skill required to play this early Moog synthesizer.  She certainly shines in the spotlight in the video wearing a glorious golden, retro-style shift. Check out the video along with the new album tracks wherever you get your music. The band also announced some tour dates, see list below and here's a link to my PopMatters concert review back in April 2011.

Sharpteeth from The Octopus Project on Vimeo.

TOUR DATES:
07/20 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
07/22 - Austin, TX @ Waterloo Records (free!)
08/06 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
08/07 - Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
08/09 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
08/10 - Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
08/11 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
08/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
08/14 - Washington DC @ DC9
08/15 - Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears #
08/16 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
08/17 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
08/19 - Columbus, OH @ Kobo
08/20 - Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
08/23 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
08/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
08/25 - Kansas City, MO @ The Record Bar
09/05 - Bryan, TX @ Grand Stafford Theater
09/07 - San Antonio, TX @ Limelite
09/11 - Norman, OK @ Opolis *
09/13 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
09/14 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
09/16 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey *
09/17 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
09/19 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's Club*
09/20 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord *
09/21 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo *
09/22 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar *
09/24 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room *
10/07 - London, UK @ The Garage +
10/08 - Sint-Niklas, BE @ De Casino +
10/09 - Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat +
10/10 - Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg +
10/11 - Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia +
10/12 - Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Medis +
10/13 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega +
10/15 - Stuttgart, DE @ 1210 +
10/16 - Steyr, AT @ Roeda +
10/17 - Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv +
10/18 - Milan, IT @ Lo-Fi Club +
10/19 - Montpellier, FR @ Secret Place +

# w/ Crystal Stilts
* w/ Paper Lions
+ w/ Man Or Astro-Man?