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Chumley · 04-30-2011, 04:29 AM

Excellent 8

A massive music exploration. The Octopus takes influences from so many bands from alot of genres and pull it off. From Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacles, Pink Floyd on the psych/space rock side of the moon to Alice In Chains and Sonic Youth from the grunge scene to stoner metal via Black Sabbath by the way of King Crimson on the prog side to the post rock sound of thier fellow Manchester band mates Oceansize.

At two hours long it's a daunting task to digest this album and takes more than four or five listens to somewhat grasp all the different dimensions from this music. IMO, if the time was cut back to say...90 to 100 minutes as it will probably lose alot of listeners after that "standard" CD length runs past its "average" play length. Has to be one of the best prog releases of 2010. The band just released a four song EP that has left over tracks from The Octopus sessions.

04-30-2011, 04:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chumley Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 69	Excellent 8 A massive music exploration. The Octopus takes influences from so many bands from alot of genres and pull it off. From Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacles, Pink Floyd on the psych/space rock side of the moon to Alice In Chains and Sonic Youth from the grunge scene to stoner metal via Black Sabbath by the way of King Crimson on the prog side to the post rock sound of thier fellow Manchester band mates Oceansize. At two hours long it's a daunting task to digest this album and takes more than four or five listens to somewhat grasp all the different dimensions from this music. IMO, if the time was cut back to say...90 to 100 minutes as it will probably lose alot of listeners after that "standard" CD length runs past its "average" play length. Has to be one of the best prog releases of 2010. The band just released a four song EP that has left over tracks from The Octopus sessions.