MY OCTOPUS MIND - HERE MY RAWR
According to one variation of the fascinating (if widely disputed) theory of panspermia, the octopus arrived on Earth in egg form on meteors during the Cambrian Explosion around 540 million years ago. More orthodox scientific opinion holds evolutionary theory best explains the genetic uniqueness and adaptive cleverness, the perceived alien qualities of this creature. Bristol-based post-rock outfit My Octopus Mind seem to imply in their name a kinship with the titular organism that goes beyond abstract ecological awareness of distant co-evolutionary molecular similarities. This inter-species identification is perhaps simply rooted in a shared will to live and conquer adversity with the concerted application of intelligence. ‘Here My Rawr’, the quartet’s new single, continues the philosophical mission statement of their last single ‘No Way Outta Here Alive’: life’s opposing drives of alienation and determination encompassed in a creative dialectic. Lyrical themes of homesickne