Some bands have the irresistible characteristic of sounding like they wrote their songs just for you. I am not talking about universal lyrics, but rather, a quality of sound that permeates your entire being, be it through headphones or at a live show. The Octagon are exactly this type of band.
The NY band begins their third LP, Warm Love and Cool Dreams Forever, with a superb Pavement-esque number, “Suicide Kings”, but soon deviate by emulating the two bands which influence their sound the most—Guided By Voices and Dead Kennedys.
The album has 16 punchy yet incredibly lo-fi songs that will allow you to sink back into yourself, to good summer memories and happy oblivion. The music has all the good energy of punk wrapped in the appeal of 90’s apathy.
It’s the aural equivalent of that really good level of inebriation, when your own sense of self is heightened and everything else is pleasantly drowned out as redundant.
The Octagon – Revolution [mp3]
this is the closing track, and my personal favourite
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You can stream the entire album HERE for free
