The Octopus Project | |
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| Origin | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Experimental, art pop, electronica, psychedelic, post-punk |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Peek-A-Boo Records, Milan Records, Graveface, Too Pure, Robot High School |
| Members | Josh Lambert Toto Miranda Yvonne Lambert |
| Website | www |
The Octopus Project is an American experimental band formed in Austin, TX in 1999 by Toto Miranda, Yvonne Lambert & Josh Lambert. Their first album, Identification Parade, came out in 2002, setting them off on a musical path that veers through blown-out rock’n’roll, vibrant electronics, surreal pop and expansive psych landscapes. Since then, the group of multi-instrumentalists has released six studio albums and scored six feature films. Touring venues and festivals worldwide (Lollapalooza, Coachella, Austin City Limits Festival) both on their own and as handpicked support for artists as diverse as DEVO and Aesop Rock, they have earned a reputation for explosive live shows and immersive audio-visual experiments.
Also active as composers for video games and film, they were awarded the Special Jury Award for Musical Score at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for their work on the film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter.
Their recent scoring work includes Damsel (starring Robert Pattinson), The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood (feat. Simon Pegg & Luis Guzman), the upcoming Reading Rainbow documentary, Butterfly In the Sky (starring LeVar Burton), & Sasquatch Sunset (starring Jesse Eisenberg & Riley Keough), which premiered at 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The band has also recently scored the Alamo Drafthouse pre-show videos at theaters across the US.