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THE OCTOPUS PROJECT REVEAL DETAILS FOR NEW GOLDEN BEDS ENHANCED EP, HIT THE ROAD

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT REVEAL DETAILS FOR NEW GOLDEN BEDS ENHANCED EP, HIT THE ROAD

Austin’s favorite foursome, The Octopus Project, are excited to reveal the track listing and details for their forthcoming Golden Beds Enhanced EP, out July 14th (Peek-A-Boo Records). The Golden Beds EP is the follow-up to 2007’s spectacular full-length Hello, Avalanche, which earned high praise from such tastemakers as Rolling Stone, Spin, Wired, Magnet, The Village Voice, Pitchfork and Stereogum. The band will also be reissuing their first two albums, One Ten Hundred Thousand Million and Identification Parade, on vinyl towards the end of the summer.

The members of The Octopus Project (Josh Lambert, Yvonne Lambert, Toto Miranda, and Ryan Figg) are collectors of sounds – beautiful, noisy, soothing exciting sounds; electronic, acoustic, natural and unnatural sounds. Since playing their first tentative shows in the summer of 1999, The Octopus Project has developed into a powerful and prolific group, both in the studio and on the stage. Following a handful of self-released recordings, the first proper full-length was 2002’s Identification Parade, which also served as the occasion to launch their work as a touring band. Fast-forward to 2009, and we find our intrepid musicians three albums in, with a plethora of singles, remixes and collaborations under their belts and a worldwide touring schedule that has recently included the UK’s All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, Taiwan’s Spring Scream fest and the Coachella, Lollapalooza and ACL festivals here in the States.

The Octopus Project will be touring extensively behind this EP, starting with a handful of dates at the end of June that will include an exciting 4th of July performance at Stubb’s Outdoor Theater with Explosions in the Sky and The Wooden Birds. The quartet’s club dates will also include a handful of non-traditional theater appearances where they will perform “Visual Music,” a unique and somewhat psychedelic multimedia experience the band first presented to sold-out audiences at Austin’s beloved Alamo Drafthouse Theater earlier this summer.

Golden Beds Enhanced EP track listing:
1. Wet Gold
2. Moon Boil
3. Rorol
4. Wood Trumpet
5. Half a Nice Day

Golden Beds Enhanced EP Videos:
1. Wet Gold (dir. by Zellner Bros.)
2. I Saw the Bright Shinies (dir. by Divya Srinivasan)
3. An Evening with Rthrtha (dir. by Double Triple & Ryan Junell)
4. Truck (dir. by Zellner Bros.)
5. Music is Happiness (dir. by Nick Smith)
6. Exit Counselor (dir. by Toto Miranda)
7. Truck (live at the Austin City Limits Festival 2008)

The Octopus Project On Tour:
06/25 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
06/26 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree
06/27 – Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
06/28 – Louisville, KY — film show
06/29 – Memphis, TN @ Hi tone
06/30 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
07/04 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s w/ Explosions in the Sky, The Wooden Birds