Whilst most of London’s regular gig vultures descended upon Brooklyn’s highly-hyped trance-folkers Yeasayer, I decided to rebel and see Texan four piece The Octopus Project play their first ever London show at London’s infamous Madame JoJo’s. Imagine Of Montreal covering Holy Fuck and you’re mostly there; an addictive mix of day-glo indie-pop and pounding 65daysofstatic-style percussion with a pinch of theremin for good measure. A few of their sparser moments occasionally cause the set to sag, but the spine-tingling beauty of I Saw The Bright Shinies and their irrepressible enthusiasm took my breath away. Shame that most of the audience left after the bog-standard indie-by-numbers of openers Kaputt!- they missed one of the surprise musical highlights of the year so far.(Photo: Martin Deutsch (Flickr))
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