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A   P S Y C H E D E L I C    R O C K
 E X P L O I T A T I O N

Harvey Rushmore &
the Octopus
 0 1 - 2 0 1 9   —   B A S E L ,   S W I T Z E R L A N D
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C O N T E N T

    Music .  .    .     .        .        .        .           .         3
    Band .  .     .     .        .        .        .           .         4
    Live/Shows .  .        .        .        .           .          . 6
    Contact .  .     .        .        .        .           .         . 8
    Album “Futureman” 2018 .  .                             .          10
    Album “The Night” 2017 .  .                       .           . 14
    Impressions .  .             .        .        .           .        18
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M U S I C

Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus is keeping Rock‘n’Roll from
self-castration, with a seducing mix of Garage, Surf, Psych and
Kraut Rock. They will make you sweat, dance, and leave you breathless,
full of desire.

           Psych Rushes from the Past,
           an Audiovisual Adventure,
           mixed with a Wave of Surf.

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     L I V E      —   K A S C H E M M E ,   B A S E L   2 0 1 8
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B A N D

    Massimo Tondini
           Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar
           Songwriting, Booking, Management

    Jonathan Meyer
           Bass, Backing Vocals

    Jakob Läser
           Drums, Beat Machine, Harp
           Studio, Engineering, Recording

    Stefan Cecere
           Keys, Percussion, Guitar, Live Visuals
           Booking, Management, Graphics + Videos
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                                                    C H E X B R E ,   C H   2 0 1 8
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The members of Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus have known
each other for more than ten years and having been active in various
bands together. The founders of Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus,
Massimo Tondini and Jakob Läser, were former members of the band
Navel. From 2011 until 2015, they toured internationally and appeared
on radio and television with Navel, gaining the valuable tools that
they later used to create this new band.

“To create something that is open to ran-
domness and improvisation, something
that cannot be forced into a mold.” This is the
foundation of the band. Massimo Tondini, Jakob Läser, Jonathan Meyer
            “… the band is a space where
und Stefan Cecere
we process the daily tumult of life, without
having to define ourselves.”

The quartet mixes innovative beats with psychedelic rock and surf
of the 1960s, inspired by neo-psychedelic bands such as the Black
Angels, Wooden Shjips und Moon Duo. The live show is complimented
by visuals, which occur in the same lo-fi aesthetics as they appear
on the band’s YouTube channel, created from a collage of existing
found footage.

Since the first spontaneous concert at a gallery opening for the
Walter Wolff art collective in 2015 in Basel, the band has played
over 130 concerts in Switzerland and throughout Europe. The
band’s reputation of quality live performances spread quickly.
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L I V E    /    S H O W S

                  Since 2015, Harvey Rushmore & the
                  Octopus has played over 150 compelling,
                  intense, sweaty shows with live visuals
                  in Switzerland and throughout Europe.
                  .

             P A S T        S H O W S

                 2019
    17.05.2019   Bikini Test, La Chaux-de-Fonds                              DE
                                                                                             06.11.2018   Fluc, Wien   AT

    11.05.2019   Verso, Basel                                                                05.11.2018   Altes Spital, Viechtach           DE

    10.05.2019   Nanostock#9 Böheim Brauerei, Pegnit                                    DE
                                                                                             04.11.2018   noch besser Leben, Leipzig                   DE

    09.05.2019   Fango, Cottbus    DE
                                                                                             03.11.2018   Cafe Tikolor, Erfurt        DE

    08.05.2019   BC-Studentenclub, Ilmenau                         DE
                                                                        		                   02.11.2018   Canrobert, Rastatt         DE

    07.05.2019   Ostpol, Dresden    DE
                                         		                                                  01.11.2018   Coq d’Or, Olten
    06.05.2019   Kulturcafe, Mainz       DE
                                              		                                             26.10.2018   KAFF, Frauenfeld
    04.05.2019   Schokoladen, Berlin           DE
                                                    		                                       20.10.2018   Schüxenhaus, Ins
    02.05.2019   Ilses Erika, Leipzig     DE
                                               		                                            19.10.2018   Brasserie de la Meute, La Chaux-de-Fonds
    01.05.2019   Kukuun, Hamburg         DE
                                                                                             18.10.2018   Galvanik, Zug
    27.04.2019   subtil Festival, Wetzikon                                                   13.10.2018   Träff Schötz, Schötz
    26.04.2019   Art & Wheels 2019, Basel                                                    13.10.2018   Kulturhalle Sägegasse, Burgdorf
    23.03.2019   Kaserne, Basel    /w The Limi ñanas
                                                                                             12.10.2018   Festival du Bout du Monde, Vevey
                                                                                             06.10.2018   Kaschemme, Basel

                 2018
                                                                                             05.10.2018   Veka-Glarus, Glarus
                                                                                             04.10.2018   Gonzo, Zürich
    24.11.2018   THBBC, Cully                                                                03.10.2018   Rössli Bar, Bern
    23.11.2018   La Petite Maison Rouge, Felletin                             FR
                                                                                             08.09.2018   Rock am Bach, Freiburg             DE

    22.11.2018   Sala Sonar, Santiago de Compostela                                ES
                                                                                             25.08.2018   Porzifest, Langenthal
    21.11.2018   Bang Venue, Torres Vedras                         PT
                                                                                             24.08.2018   Zamba Loca, Wohlen
    20.11.2018   Uncle Joe, Esmoriz           PT
                                                                                             18.08.2018   Secret Show, Künten
    19.11.2018   Avenida, Aveiro   PT
                                                                                             17.08.2018   24h Shop - Langstrasse, Zürich
    18.11.2018   Alevosía, Madrid    ES
                                                                                             11.08.2018   Schlauer Bauer Festival, Wetzikon-Kempten
    17.11.2018   BeClub, SanSebastian               ES
                                                                                             04.08.2018   RadioX Minifestival, Basel
    16.11.2018   El Chico, Bordeaux       FR
                                                                                             03.08.2018   Ostfest, Bern
    15.11.2018   The Message, Troyes                FR
                                                                                             28.07.2018   Salon Libertatia, Bad Sobernheim                        DE

    14.11.2018   Gudde Wellen, Luxembourg                          LU
                                                                                             27.07.2018   Mambo Bar, Zeil am Main                 DE

    13.11.2018   Pizzini, Bamberg    DE
                                                                                             26.07.2018   Emma 23, Heilbronn           DE

    12.11.2018   Tante Anna, Saarbrücken                      DE
                                                                                             30.06.2018   Hill Chill, Riehen
    11.11.2018   8mm Bar, Berlin    DE
                                                                                             16.06.2018   LochKrach Openair, Oberburg                       b. Burgdorf

    10.11.2018   Boarwerk, Netzschkau                DE
                                                                                             15.06.2018   Reilfest, Halle   DE

    09.11.2018   Lokomov, Chemnitz            DE
                                                                                             02.06.2018   Secret Show, Pratteln
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    08.11.2018   Molotow, Hamburg         DE
                                                    /w The Underground Youth
                                                                                             01.06.2018   Bad Bonn Kilbi, Düdingen
    07.11.2018   Kasarna Karlin, Prague                  CZ
                                                                                             31.05.2018   Bogen F, Zürich        /w Wolf Parade
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18.05.2018   Secret Show, Grandval
03.05.2018   Spazio Morel, Lugano                /w Levitation Room
                                                                      06.05.2017   Baron, Mainz     DE

03.03.2018   BScene, Café des Arts, Basel
                                                                      05.05.2017   Pizzini, Bamberg      DE

02.02.2018   brrrr... Flatterschafft Festival, Basel
                                                                      04.05.2017   Uferlos, Luzern
                                                                      03.05.2017   Rössli, Bern

             2017                                                     28.04.2017   Labiu, Biel
                                                                      27.04.2017   Le Cabinet, Genève
16.12.2017   La Parenthèse, Nyon
                                                                      26.04.2017   Salopard, Biel
15.12.2017   Bruch Brothers, Luzern
                                                                      22.04.2017   Flatterschafft, Basel
14.12.2017   Schwbwsch, Bern
                                                                      21.04.2017   Helvti, Winterthur
09.12.2017   Park Platz, Zürich
                                                                      20.04.2017   Wahu Bar Galvanik, Zug
25.11.2017   Weinkeller, Diefenbach               DE

                                                                      08.04.2017   Schüxenhaus, Ins
24.11.2017   Innocent, Hengelo      NL

                                                                      07.04.2017   Kiff, Aarau
23.11.2017   T.R.I.C.K.S.T.E.R., Berlin           DE

                                                                      01.04.2017   Treppenhaus, Rorschach
22.11.2017   K19, Kassel   DE

                                                                      31.03.2017   Rock Café, Bern
21.11.2017   Pizzini, Bamberg     DE

                                                                      21.01.2017   Hotel de Ville, Romont
20.11.2017   noch besser Leben, Leipzig                     DE

19.11.2017   Altes Spital, Viechtach              DE

18.11.2017   Freiraum Übersee, Übersee                      DE
                                                                                   2016
17.11.2017   Horst Club, Kreuzlingen                                  26.11.2016   THBBC, Cully /w Chicos de Nacza
16.11.2017   Coq d’Or, Olten    /w Magic Wands                        25.11.2016   Kaschemme, Basel           /w Chicos de Nacza

15.11.2017   Schlachthof, Lahr      DE
                                                                      24.11.2016   Playground Lounge, Bern                /w Chicos de Nacza

14.11.2017   Hafenkneipe, Hanau             DE
                                                                      12.11.2016   LaKuZ, Langenthal
13.11.2017   Cafe Tikolor, Erfurt      DE
                                                                      21.10.2016   Royal, Baden
12.11.2017   Tante Anna, Saarbrücken                   DE
                                                                      12.08.2016   Openair am Bielersee, Vinelz
11.11.2017   Flösserplatz, Aarau         /w Colour Haze               18.06.2016   Café le XXème, Fribourg
10.11.2017   Kulturraum plus – Festival, Wohlen                       29.05.2016   Coq d’Or, Olten /w Dead Meadow
09.11.2017   Punto, Bern                                              22.05.2016   La Machine à Trucs, La Chaux-de-Fonds
08.11.2017   Bar 3000, Zürich                                         12.03.2016   Alter Zoll, Basel
04.11.2017   I Ha Nüt Festival, Chexbres                              11.03.2016   Punto, Bern
21.10.2017   La Face B, Briancon         FR
                                                                      04.03.2016   La Tour Vagabonde, Basel
20.10.2017   Chrämerhuus, Langenthal                                  31.01.2016   Schüxenhaus, Ins
19.10.2017   Albani, Winterthur
14.10.2017
13.10.2017
             Soirée des Arcs Royal, Baden
             Atelier Konzert, Zürich
                                                                                   2015
                                                                      31.12.2015   Probstenberg Fest, Welschenrohr
06.10.2017   Mokka, Thun
                                                                      13.11.2015   Schwarze Erle, Basel
26.06.2017   Bäckeranlage, Zürich
                                                                      12.09.2015   Gartenfest, Tiefenbach            DE

27.05.2017   Irish Pub, Haslach     DE
                                                                      14.08.2015   Coq d’Or, Olten
26.05.2017   Horst Klub, Kreuzlingen
                                                                      25.07.2015   Divus Festival, Holderbank
25.05.2017   Schlossgut Areal, Münsingen
                                                                      18.07.2015   Attifest Wettsteinplatz, Basel
13.05.2017   Borwaerk Club, Netzschkau                      DE
                                                                      11.07.2015   Gartenfestival, Wohlen
12.05.2017   Ilses Erika, Leipzig      DE
                                                                      16.01.2015   Parzelle 403, Basel
11.05.2017   Nikola-Tesla, Chemnitz               DE

10.05.2017   Melloch Fest Bassy, Berlin                 DE
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08.05.2017   Sonic Ballroom, Köln           DE

07.05.2017   Boot Tenace, Brüssel            BE
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C O N T A C T

             www
    harveyrushmoreandtheoctopus.com

             Mail
    band@
    harveyrushmoreandtheoctopus.com

        B O O K I N G

             Label / Booking Switzerland
    A Tree in a Field — Marlon Mc Neill 

             Booking EU
    El Borracho Bookings — Gabriele Acciardi 

             Inquiries / Booking Rest Of The Globe
    HRO — Massimo Tondini 

         R E H E A R S A L   R O O M / S T U D I O

    Lysbüchel-Areal, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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S O C I A L M E D I A

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@harveyrushmoreandtheoctopus

       Facebook
facebook.com/
HarveyRushmoreAndTheOctopus/

       Youtube
youtube.com/channel/
UCFzv0SGAZSlTILsZLzyXpkQ

       Bandcamp
harveyrushmoreandtheoctopus.
bandcamp.com/

       Soundcloud
soundcloud.com/
harveyrushmoreandtheoctopus

       Spotify
open.spotify.com/artist/
7mrAXYivr97fQvPoROjUGm
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A L B U M        “ F U T U R E M A N ”          2 0 1 8

                     Futureman
      In April 2018, Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus invited again Jari
      Antti   (Monoton Studio, Berlin)   to Basel to record the “Futureman” album.
      It was recorded in their own studio, a deserted carpark.

      To mark the album’s release, the band was in touring extensively
      across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic,
      Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and Portugal.

      Side A		                                            Side B
                     1   Slime on		      1                                  Nightwalker
                          the Beach		    2                                  The Coaster
                     2   Spiders in		    3                                  Trees Have Eyes
                          the Sun		      4                                  Hole in the Sky
                     3   Cosmic Lovers
                     4   Vacuum
      Album Link: https://harveyrushmoreandtheoctopus.bandcamp.com/album/futureman

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              Futureman                                                        OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

“Futureman is mysterious and cryptic. Futureman has many genders and only partial human
features. He is a further development of mankind and combines his good side with supernatural
powers that allow him to travel through time and experience the universe intensively and filter-
free,” says Massimo Tondini, the band’s songwriter, explaining the figure. This gift increasingly
becomes a burden and drives Futureman to the edge. In a frenzy, he recognises humanity’s
problems and is firmly decided to fight the good fight against them.

Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus build on the sound of their The Night album (Independent, 2017) ,
enriching it with an additional two levels. Futureman is more open and enthusiastic as a result.

Using his skills, Futureman recognises the government’s true intentions and the power and
money-hungry aristocrats that rule the world. But due to his multi-sexual orientation plus
his gender and species fluid appearance, he is ignored by the public and treated with contempt
while the world is threatened by a mysterious, red slime.

Slime On The Beach is also the album opener. A song that confidently presses forwards with a
Casiotone intro and slapback delay on the vocals. The album maintains the tempo with the title
track “Futureman” and its melody winds up dramatically. Then comes Spiders In The Sun and
“Cosmic Lovers”, that brings out the melancholic side of the antihero Futureman.

On the search for food, the Red Slime was washed up onto the beaches of the world from the sea.
The slime’s incredible beauty and radiant glow bewitches people and entices them from all over
the world to wallow in it and — despite risking death — to become part of it. But creatures that come
into contact with the hungry slime decompose and disintegrate. The public is bedazzled by the
Red Slime’s beauty and hypnotic effect. The slime is quickly marketed, coveted and adored all
around the world. The disastrous consequences for mankind are completely blanked out and
ignored.

Another level is explored in the story of The Coaster who finds his purpose on the other side of
the world and, following years of alcohol abuse and a life on the outskirts of society, sees a chance
to escape misery; he creates a drug from the slime that is soon in great demand and proves very
addictive.

Can Futureman ward off impending danger and win over the goodwill of mankind to his cause?
Will he manage to overcome his fears and thoughts to save the world?
Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus have the answer to hand in the shape of nine psychedelic
garage songs.

              Basel, October 2018 — A TREE IN A FIELD RECORDS (Vinyl / CD)
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      Fuzzy Sun
                “Their latest album “Futureman” is an adventure, a sonic party somewhere in space.
                An album filled with psychedelic/garage tunes with some surf added to the mix.”
      www.fuzzy-sun.com/2018/11/13/futureman-by-harvey-rushmore-the-octopus/

      ByteFM
                «Die Geschichte, die Harvey Rushmore & The Octopus auf ihrem kommenden zweiten Album
                „Futureman“ erzählen werden, liest sich wie der Opiumrausch eines Science-Fiction-Autoren
                aus den 20er-Jahren. Und sie klingt auch so.»
      www.byte.fm/blog/redaktion/harvey-rushmore-the-octopus-81392/

      Glitterhouse – Joe Whirlypop
                «Holy Shit so klingt heute die Schweiz? Was für ein räudiges, drogenschwangeres
                Stück Musik […] »
      www.mailorder.glitterhouse.com/album/5/rock--metal/1123504/futureman.html

      Aargauer Zeitung – Marc Krebs
                « […] Klingt abgefahren? Ist es auch. Unheimlich? Durchaus. Unheimlich schön, ja, von einer
                musikalischen Grandezza und Reife, die einen ehrfürchtig den Hut ziehen lässt.»
      www.aargauerzeitung.ch/kultur/musik/eine-fantastische-reise-in-psychedelische-sphaeren-133535578

      Neolyd
                « […] erschaffen Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus einen ganz eigenen Klangkosmos zwischen
                Oh Sees, den Beach Boys und King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.»»
      https://www.neolyd.com/audio-video/harvey-rushmore-the-octopus-slime-on-the-beach/

      Negative White
                « […] Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus liefert alles an Soundmaterial, um sich auf einen
                haareschüttelnden Psychedelic-Trip auf Wolke 7 zu schiessen..»
      www.negativewhite.ch/musik/rezensionen/harvey-rushmore-and-the-octopus-futureman/

      RFV Basel
                « […] Futureman ist ein bezauberndes, mitreissendes Stück retro-inspirierter Musik,
                die eine Menge Zukunft verspricht.»
      www.rfv.ch/magazin/album-reviews/2018/harvey-rushmore-the-octopus-futureman-wunderbar-klingende-zeitmaschine.html

      Hai Angriff
                «Damit pendeln sie zwischen spannenden Referenzen von Black Mountain über Wooden Shjips
                bis hin zu den späten NAVEL oder einem Schulterklopfer für Brian Jonestown Massacre.»
      www.hai-angriff.de/harvey-rushmore-the-octopus-futureman
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Falter.at
          « […] hier geht es psychedelisch und sanft drogenrockig zu.»
www.falter.at/event/818754/harvey-rushmore-the-octopus

Swiss Music Export
          « […] The music, however, is simply and irresistibly one thing: Fun.»
www.swiss-music-export.com/2018/11/02/futureman-is-here

Reverb Is For Lovers
          « […] Nach dem hektischen Garage Psych auf dem eröffnenden „Slime On The Beach“ begeg-
          nen wir King Gizzard und den Oh Sees auf dem teils fliessenden, dann wendigen Titeltrack
          „Futureman“. „Spiders In The Sun“ liefert staubigen Psych Rock, ein Fingerzeig an die Black
          Angels.»
www.reverbisforlovers.com/review-harvey-rushmore-the-octopus-futureman/

Skug
          « […] nicht ganz frei von Spintisiererei.»
www.skug.at/harvey-rushmore-the-octopus-futureman/

Westzeit
          «Die Gitarren kommen von überall her, die Effekte stürzen auf einen hernieder. Irre ist das
          alles, aber äusserst hörenswert. Jason Pierce hätte seine wahre freude an dem Werk.»
www.westzeit.de/rezensionen/?id=20186/

Artnoir - Michael Bohli
          « […] Roh, wild und dem Garage-Rock nahe, voller Schweiss und Lust. Ein prophetisches
          Album für Junggebliebene und Altwerdende.»
www.artnoir.ch/harvey-rushmore-and-the-octopus-futureman/

Concert News
          « […] voller Garage Rock, Psychedelic, Noise und Stoner, Songs voller Lärm und Schmutz und
          Schönheit, wirr eben, böse und anstrengend, verdrogt, kaputt, komplett grossartig.»
www.concert-news.de/2018/11/04/futureman/
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                    The Night
      The independently distributed debut album “The Night” was produced
      in Berlin by Jari Antti          (Monoton Studio, Berlin)   in the spring of 2017 was highly
      received and generated international airplay and reviews.

      The album release in 2017 lead to two extended tours, with concerts
      in Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
      The outcomes of the tours, and the contacts and connections made,
      created a positive and lasting impression for the future.

      Side A		                                               Side B
                    1   Alchemy		                                           1   Beneath the Sun
                    2   The Night		                                         2   Radiation
                    3   Octopus Ride 		                                     3   Rusty James
                    4   Darkside		                                          4   Dead Water
      Album Link: https://harveyrushmoreandtheoctopus.bandcamp.com/album/the-night

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      The Night                      Official Press Release

“Creating something that is open for coinci-
dence and improvisation, something that
can’t be forced into a formal straightjacket.”
That is the basis for new psychedelic combo Harvey Rushmore and the Octopus. Massimo Tondini
(voc. / git.)   , Jakob Läser   (drums)   , Jonathan Meyer   (bass)   und Stefan Cecere   (keys)   see the band as a place where
they can process the ups and downs of life without having to spell everything out.

Harvey Rushmore is a fictitious Beat Generation character on a road trip, seeking to forget his
fears, and to escape convention and deadly mediocrity. The jalopy he’s travelling in might well be
named Rusty James. It frees him from the suffocating grip of social pressure.

Songs like Darkside fit into this scene perfectly: cruising, mid-tempo, with a tambourine. Then the
voice comes in, and the harmonica isn’t far behind; Bob Dylan would approve. Or Beneath The
Sun, with shimmering, distant vocals, rippling organ and a restrained beat. Six minutes and count-
ing? Yes, please.

You’re welcome. Octopus Ride, a stirring eight-minute piece with a resonant Sixties guitar, is “a
gigantic octopus who conquers the world and destroys mankind to take revenge for the exploitation
of nature”. Images from B-movies and pulp novels come to mind, Attack of the 50-Foot Woman,
invaders from space, vintage superhero comics, paired with the fascinating rawness of Iggy and the
Stooges, the Doors, the 13th Floor Elevators, and Link Wray’s primal twang; the music of Harvey
Rushmore & the Octopus is driven by the power of the blues and the sweat of Rock‘n’Roll.

The basic outlines come up on the road, find their way into the rehearsal room and the monster
jam, and are gradually distilled into songs. Finally, they end up on the current album, The Night.
And we’re not talking about the hours between sunset and sunrise here — too brief a timeframe
for the galactic trip of yearning souls — but the eternal night of outer space.

“Octopus” had to be part of the band name. This short-lived, intelligent creature will not be locked
up, can blend into its surroundings to the point of invisibility, is difficult to grasp, and invites all
kinds of associations. Its meandering, sneakily floating and lightning-fast movements are emblem-
atic of the music of Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus. The name of this four-piece couldn’t be
better chosen.

                       Basel, April 2017 — INDEPENDENT (Vinyl)
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      RFV Basel
                « […] Wer aber einen ausschweifend-eleganten Undeground-Sound- und Obskur-Filmabend
                in den Untiefen des Dark & Psychedelic Surf sucht, um seine/ihre Tarantino-Dance-
                floor-Moves auszubauen, der/die ist beim ominösen, coolen Harvey und seinem vielarmigen
                Kraken sehr gut aufgehoben.»
      www.rfv.ch/news/cd-news/2017/harvey-rushmore-and-the-cctopus-the-night.html

      Bad Bonn Kilbi 2018
                «Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus, a furious quartet that swears on experience and hence
                wants to conquer the stage. Those rebels, inspired by the American (anti)heroes and the
                soundtracks of the 60’s, resist against all kinds of chains. The group likes improvisation and
                the freedom of coincidence and isn’t scared of hidden niches nor querky turnoffs. The
                rock’n’roll fountain of youth seems more inexhaustible than ever.»
      www.kilbi.badbonn.ch/2018/en/program/

      fourtraque.com
                « Si ce groupe ne joue pas prochainement au Psych Fest d’Austin ou au Levitation France
                d’Angers, j’en perds mon latin !»
      www.foutraque.com/chronique_disque.php?id=4992

      Radio Rabe
                «Yeah… cooler Sound!»
      www.rabe.ch/2017/06/12/harvey-rushmore-and-the-octopus-meet-rodger-waters/

      Art Noire - Live
                «Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus umgarnten die Besucher mit neuster Ware und älteren
                Hits und liessen nicht nur Flüge ins All zu, sondern auch Zeitreisen in die Surf-Phasen der
                Siebziger.»
      www.artnoir.ch/bericht-harvey-rushmore-the-octopus-2017-05-25/

      Art Noire – Albumreview
                «Und dank solchen tierischen Maskottchen scheint die Szene des Psychedelic Rock in der
                Schweiz wieder so richtig aufzublühen.»
      www.artnoir.ch/harvey-rushmore-and-the-octopus-the-night/

      tonspuren.ch
                «Wo bleiben denn die Gitarren bloss? Beispielsweise bei dieser psychedelisierenden und
                schön schweren Band aus dem A Tree in a Field-Umfeld                (wiederum Basel also)   , die eben ihr Album
                «The Night» veröffentlicht hat.»
      www.benediktsartorius.ch/blog/die-mittwochs-jukebox-vol-26
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Sous le Pont - Rössli, Bern
          « […] Schrammeliger Surf, gepaart mit Referenzen aus der Diskographie des samtenen
          Untergrunds, angereichert mit Fuzz aus der Garage und diesem leichten Kraut-Drone.
          Ich erstarrte unter der Brause, den Blick auf die Füsse gerichtet, Showergaze, haha.
          Jedenfalls packten mich diese Harvey Rushmore mit ihrem Gemenge an Psychedelika, mit
          ihrem «locker-aus-der-Hüfte-Verve» und trotzdem dieser gewissen Detailverliebtheit.»
www.souslepont-roessli.ch/events/harvey-rushmore-and-the-octopus/

3fach.ch
          «Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus — phu — kein mega einfacher Name. Einfach ist es aber,
          in den Flow der Musik zu kommen, die aus Basel stammt.»
www.3fach.ch/blog/gaffa _ blog/harvey-rushmore-and-the-octopus

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