***Damsel is a western comedy period film co-written and co-directed by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter). Starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska, Damsel tells the story of Samuel Alabaster (Pattinson), an affluent pioneer, who ventures across the American frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope (Wasikowska). He traverses the Wild West with a drunkard and a miniature horse named Butterscotch; however, their once-simple journey grows treacherous, and soon the lines between heroes, damsels and villains are blurred. The Western-infused score is composed by Austin-based outfit, THE OCTOPUS PROJECT (famous for its original mix of electronica and live music). The Octopus Project also scored the directors’ previous film, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter. The soundtrack also features "Honeybun," the romantic campfire ballad performed by Robert Pattinson.
LP $19.85
12/14/2018
***Austin's favorite experimental pop band, THE OCTOPUS PROJECT releases their 6th studio album, Memory Mirror. The album was recorded by the band, mixed by DANNY REISCH (Shearwater, White Denim) & DAVE FRIDMANN (Tame Impala, Flaming Lips), and mastered by GREG CALBI (David Bowie, Talking Heads). The Octopus Project has been releasing joyous party music since 2002, following a musical path that veers through blown-out rock’n’roll, vivid electronic colors, surreal pop and expansive psych landscapes. As performers they’ve earned a reputation for elaborate multimedia experiments and extremely loud, extremely fun live shows - a practice they’ve pursued over a decade of worldwide touring that has included festival stages such as Coachella, Lollapalooza and All Tomorrow’s Parties, and tours as handpicked support for artists as diverse as Aesop Rock, DEVO, and Explosions in the Sky. 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. They are currently working on two film scores to be released in 2017—Damsel (directed by Zellner Bros. // starring Robert Pattinson), and Small Crimes (directed by Evan Katz // starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).
LP $17.75
03/31/2017
CD $11.00
03/31/2017
MC $9.25
03/31/2017
***Based in Austin, TX, THE OCTOPUS PROJECT's creative output so far includes five studio albums, innumerable remixes and collaborations, original scores for film, television and video games, and self-designed merchandise ranging from stereoscopic posters to handmade stuffed animals. The band maintains a full touring schedule, with venues ranging across the world and performances that might include a chorus of dancing ghosts, a high school marching band, or an 8-channel audience-surrounding audiovisual rig. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is the band’s latest scoring collaboration with filmmakers DAVID and NATHAN ZELLNER. The spare, haunting soundtrack took home the Special Jury Award for Musical Score at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. In conjunction with the film’s theatrical release. Pressed on limited edition 180-gram vinyl with letter-pressed jackets.
LP $24.50
12/25/2015