The Octopus Project & Black Moth Super Rainbow - The House of Apples and Eyeballs
Reviewed by david
A full-length collaboration between two sorta like-minded bands, The House of Apples and Eyeballs winds up as an ambitiously kaleidoscopic effort of experimental pop effrontery and instrumental exclusivity. Austin's The Octopus Project and Pittsburgh's Black Moth Super Rainbow are kindred spirits in weirdness, welding bizarre soundscapes with blithe indie pop tinkering. The results of the pairing are as psychedelic as some of the tracks' names would suggest--"Lollipopsichord," "Royal Firecracker Teeth," "Helium Tea." Spacy keyboards run amok while drums shift from synthetic to real to synthetic again. Trippy melodies peruse the possibility of becoming background music to any number of independent films. Dizziness may ensue while listening too intently, but don't say you weren't warned. [www.graveface.com]