Photo credit Gina Gutierrez and Wiley Wiggins

Anyone in the US that caught Simian Mobile Disco on tour, also got treated to The Octopus Project.

Unless, you got caught up in some pre-game action, and showed up to the venue late. Luckily I made it on time, but to be completely truthful, was not as focused as I should have been on the performance. There was this whole annoying social ritual I had to go through – drinking with my friends at the bar. So low and behold, a few weeks after the show, I’m all over the album, and kicking myself for not being a good listener to begin with. (My teacher warned me about this in kindergarten, you think I would have got it by now.)

“I Saw The Bright Shinies” is a track off TOP’s album Hello Avalanche. I tend to have an over active imagination at times, and I would like to think that this song was written by someone in the band, swimming in the ocean, and having an encounter with a ginormous florescent squid. And THAT is when they actually saw, “the bright shinies”. aka THE TENTACLES. This horrifying incident lead to them developing major aqua-phobia - and thus, The Octopus Project was formed, per the suggestion of their shrink, as a way to work though the mental trauma. Hmmmm . . . .I think i’m on to something here. TOP, if you’re ready this, can you confirm or deny? Perhaps we can do a little Q&A for the readers, enquiring minds want to know!

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Octopus Project – I Saw the Bright Shinies – Hello Avalanche

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