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<\/a>No one in the four-member group plays a set instrument; instead they all take turns switching between drums, guitars, bass, samplers, keyboards, synthesizers and an occasional glockenspiel, for good measure. And that doesn\u2019t even mention the theremin, a 1920s electronic instrument that uses antennas \u2013 and no physical contact \u2013 to produce a sometimes eerie, but always entertaining, sound.<\/p>\n
Ryan Figg and Josh Lambert join Miranda, while Yvonne Lambert provides additional vocals, which rarely involve her actually singing. Instead, her voice is most often used as one more sound in a wild cornucopia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re more focused on sounds than genres or trying to sound like particular artists,\u201d Miranda said. \u201cThe way a lot of electronic instruments and music-making techniques tend to work is that you can go in with an idea and if you\u2019re open-minded with the feedback that you\u2019re getting, your idea can mutate into something completely unexpected but still feel like it has a piece of you inside it. That element of surprise is always the most satisfying to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hailing from Texas, The Octopus Project first got together back in 1999.<\/p>\n
\u201cJosh, Ryan and I have all known each other since we were in high school. We grew up together in Houston,\u201d Miranda said. \u201cWe all ended up in Austin around \u201897. Josh and I were in film school at UT [the University of Texas] and this band ended up getting started a little bit after that, in \u201899.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Octopus Project will be returning to Soda Bar on Sept. 22 \u2013 they played a set at the Uptown club in November 2012 \u2013 with Canadian indie-rock band Paper Lions and Rubedo opening.<\/p>\n
The show will be stop number 11 in a 25-show tour to help promote The Octopus Project\u2019s latest album, \u201cFever Forms,\u201d which dropped in July as their fifth release with Peek-A-Boo Records.<\/p>\n
While the live shows are an experience like none other, the group\u2019s music hasn\u2019t always translated as well from the stage onto recorded albums. By all accounts this latest release has successfully captured the live experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reaction\u2019s been great. We\u2019re happy that people seem to like it as much as we do,\u201d Miranda said. \u201cIt\u2019s different than the last one because it\u2019s more focused and tends to sound more like how we sound when we play live.\u201d<\/p>\n
At its core, the album has a steady dose of rock with dual guitars playing on most tracks, but just enough synthesizers and additional random sounds to give it a cosmic, trance-like feel.<\/p>\n