The Octopus Project reissue 'Hello, Avalanche' for 11th anniversary, announce winter tour coinciding with Sundance Film Festival premiere (plain text)

The Octopus Project today announced the vinyl reissue of their third album and perennialfan-favorite, Hello, Avalanche, is set for release February 12th, 2018 via Peek-a-BooRecords. The limited-run, 11th anniversary deluxe edition features the original album sonically remastered and visually redesigned, as well as a second LP that includes 2009's Golden Beds EP and a full side of previously unreleased demos fromthe Hello, Avalanche-era. Listen to the never-before-heard track "LEG" here: http://bit.ly/2iXHaJL.
The reissue coincides with the 2018 Sundance Film Festivalpremiere of the band's latest film score for the Zellner Brother's eccentric WesternDamsel, starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska, which finds the band expandingtheir scoring palette to include fiddle, banjo and musical saw. This is the thirdfeature collaboration between the Zellners and The Octopus Project, following 2012'sKid Thing and 2014's Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, which won the Special Jury Awardfor Musical Score at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.The Octopus Project are celebrating these releases and continuing to support theirlatest full-length album, Memory Mirror, by bringing their charismatic and immersivelive show on the road in January -- a headlining West Coast tour starting January18th, with support from Dallas, TX-based New Fumes. See below for full a itinerary.Hello, Avalanche -- originally released in 2007 -- represented a bold step forwardfor the electro-psych-pop band. With ragged distorted guitars, the luminescent tonesof the theremin, strings, synthesizers, drums, glockenspiel, trombones, and more,the album covers a staggering variety of sounds. While band members Josh Lambert,Yvonne Lambert, and Toto Miranda have their individual instrumental specialties, their musical exploration knows no bounds; they created Hello, Avalanche using any sound-maker they could find. The result is a collection of unique songs filledwith waves of sonic bliss that left a lasting impression on fans.While the band's previous records were mainly self-produced, Hello, Avalanche wasrecorded and co-produced by Ryan Hadlock (Blonde Redhead, The Gossip) at the ruralBear Creek Studio outside Seattle in February, 2007, and mixed in various sessionsby The Octopus Project, Hadlock, and Erik Wofford (Voxtrot, Explosions In The Sky).The result retained the perfect blend of high-end studio trickery and lo-fi home experimentation, with many songs that remain staples of their setlists: "I Saw the Bright Shinies" multi-tracks Yvonne's theremin into a ghostly choir, "Queen" marks the first vocal track in their previously instrumental-only discography, and the reliable show-closing climax, "Truck."The Octopus Project have been releasing joyous party music since 2002, following a musical path that veers through blown-out rock' n' roll, vibrant electronics, surreal pop, and expansive psychedelic landscapes. Touring clubs and festivals worldwide (including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits) both on their own, and as handpicked support for artists as diverse as Explosions In The Sky, DEVO, and Aesop Rock, The Octopus Project have earned a reputation for explosive live shows and immersive audio-visual experiments. Recorded at Filmon Baby, GoodDanny's & Tarbox Road Studios, with mixing by Danny Reisch (Shearwater, White Denim),Dave Fridmann, & The Octopus Project, their latest album Memory Mirror earned theband praise from Consequence of Sound, Magnet, Relix, AllMusic, The Talkhouse, BrooklynVegan, and more.Vinyl copies of the reissued Hello, Avalanche will be shipped two weeks prior onJanuary 26th - pre-order here: http://www.theoctopusproject.com/helloavalanche.html Both discs of the reissue are pressed on bright blue 180-gramvinyl in a lush gatefold sleeve printed with silver foil detail.Hello, Avalanche 11th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue tracklist:Original Album:1. Snow Tip Cap Mountain2. Truck3. Bees Bein' Strugglin'4. An Evening with Rthrtha5. Black Blizzard/Red Umbrella6. Upmann7. Mmaj8. I Saw the Bright Shinies9. Ghost Moves10. Vanishing Lessons11. Exploding Snowhorse12. Loud MurmuringWet Gold EP:1.Queen2. Wet Gold3. Moon Boil4. Rorol5. Wood Trumpet6. Half A Nice DayUnreleased:1. Liztape2. Truck (Practice)3. LEG4. Beehive's Dream5. Wameu!6. It's Hard to Be Smart7. Boo Best8. Green House9. That's the Bird Mystery10. Singles Chart11. Sneak Out12. The FutureThe Octopus Project tour dates:1/18 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace1/19 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf1/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge1/24 - Boise, ID @ The Olympic1/26 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern1/27 - Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar1/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord1/30 - Santa Cruz, CA @ TBA (should know soon)1/31 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg2/01 - Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar2/02 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole2/03 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge2/24 - Austin, TX @ North DoorThe Octopus Project online:http://www.theoctopusproject.com/https://www.facebook.com/octopusproject/https://twitter.com/octopusproject?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthorhttps://www.instagram.com/theoctopusproject/