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Le Diamant Brut Fun Fun Fun Edition: Colourmusic & The Octopus Project
What’s the Deal: They’re a four-man psych-folk group who got their start in Stillwater, OK with some thick, harmonic choruses in the midst of crunching, distorted guitars and some grand instrumentation. They have a bursting folk-pop sound built of keys, guitars, even horns. Colourmusic recently opened for The Flaming Lips, whom they are often compared to. They also have a fondness for The Beatles and Brian Eno, influences which are quite evident in their music. You might remember them in their white outfits during SXSW this year.
“Gospel Song” grabs immediately with a chorus so catchy that it would be quite a feat to avoid letting your dancing shoes leap and wobble across the room. The title fits because it’s one of those wild, holy rollin’ numbers that could have folks wiggling in a fit on the floor. “Spring Song” starts with a British folk-pop feel and soft vocals and strums. It’s playful and frolicsome, and this song would be right at home in the late 60s. Then, the horns and multi-man chorus leaps up and charges in with a big sound somewhere around Polyphonic Spree.
Something Interesting: Their name comes from Newton’s color theories. They use the British spelling “to make Nick feel better about living in Oklahoma”.
Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “Circles” and “Put In a Little Gas”
What’s the Deal: Austin’s experimental noise-rock group, The Octopus Project, is suiting up to play right in the middle of the Saturday lineup on Stage 4 during Fun Fun Fun Fest. The name should come as no surprise to anyone in town with at least a half-full dance card because they’ve been buzzing around the scene for quite some time now. They’ve caught the ear of Rolling Stone’s David Fricke, and they swept the 2007 Austin Music Awards, taking home awards in such categories as Best Experimental Band, Best Indie Band and Best Miscellaneous Instrument. Their latest album, Hello, Avalanche, was released last year, and it’s their third full-length on Peek-A-Boo Records.
Ghostly and fun electronic bloops, guitars, percussion and even Theremin help give songs like “I Saw the Bright Shinies” that extra layer of sticky coating to make it that much easier for them to latch on to you. The song whines, bops in an old-school Casio kind of way and reeks of an indie experimentalism that’s not near as arrogant as it may sound.
Something Interesting: There’s some great footage of Yvonne Lambert showing some kids the fine art of Theremin on their MySpace.
Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “Tuxedo Hat” and “Vanishing Lessons”
