News

in June and July we have recording and mixing a new album at The Lullabye Factory in Amsterdam. Blueprints (clear vinyl LP/CD/download) will be out on 3 November. The album is now available for pre-sale!

Preorder the album here :

Wrong Concerts just released a charity sampler featuring 25 bands, including our song False Flag. You can buy this compilation by donating 10 euros or more on Bandcamp. The money goes entirely to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey. Read more about this project on hilfsbund.com

After three shows in France last month, we’ll be in tour again in Germany and the Czech Republic in May (see agenda for details). And on April 22 we will do a show here in Amsterdam at De Nieuwe Anita with Saluting Rome.

Last May we were touring through the Czech Republic and Germany. The last stop was Auerbach, where we did a live-in-the-studio session at Fuzzy Room Recordings. Thanks so much to Andreas Eckert for this very nice video of our new song Sparkle, featuring Bas Snabilie on the snare.

We are proud to present our new video of the song ‘False Flag’ from the album Status Seeking.

Described by the filmmakers as “a fairytale where two people in the city and the underworld confront each other”. For this, 8ctopus has opted for a mixed technique of film, photography and animation.

On December 10 we’ve released Old Traditions, a new EP featuring two songs about the holidays. Like Listen, the Snow Is Falling, the EP highlights the more introspective side of the band.

Available at our store and on Bandcamp.

After fourteen months we’ll be playing before an audience again, starting at De Nieuwe Anita in our hometown Amsterdam. After that, we’ll also do shows in The Hague, Haarlem, Wormerveer and at the Christmas Stomp festival (see agenda for details).

We hope to see you there!

(picture by Joni Spaan)

Yes, we got a video! Magieke Jansen made one for the song Infralight, taken from our new album Status Seeking. Check it out here.

Finally – our new record Status Seeking is released today! Available at our store, Bandcamp, Concerto in Amsterdam, and of course this weekend during our gigs at Cinetol and Humanity House.

It already got some enthousiastic reviews from Bluesbunny, MNPR Magzine, The Sleeping Shaman and others. Fluf, on the other hand, thought the record – despite the tasty looking vinyl – was “uneatable”.

Like we mentioned earlier, our new album Status Seeking will be released on September 4! Saskia screen-printed the sleeves herself and it will be available in a numbered edition of 350 copies. You can pre-order the LP right now at our store and on Bandcamp, where you can listen to False Flag, another new song.… Read more

Today we released Dark Dream, the first single off our new album. It’s available for free on Bandcamp. Check it out! The album itself will finally be released on September 4 (more news about that soon).

On August 1 the premiere took place of us doing a live set for the Gigantic Bicycle Festival (you can still watch it on YouTube or in our video section).