The up-and-coming New York band that Interpol liked so much they had them open for them on tour. The Occasion are low-key, melancholy, and dreamy, evoking psychedelic space-rock icons Pink Floyd, the darkness of the early Velvet Underground, and vocal hints of Smog. Expect to hear a lot from this band in the very near future.

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H.P. Lovecraft would have loved this band -- as would Pink Floyd, Dead Meadow and The Doors. It's a little surprising, then, to learn that The Occasion don't hail from the misty, mysterious English countryside, or even from a creepy little hick town in middle America. Rather, they're from New York, a town that's supposed to produce bands full of skinny, cynical, VU-worshipping hipsters. Geographical trend-buckers The Occasion may be, but there's no question that their chosen band persona works: filled with...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. H.P. Lovecraft would have loved this band -- as would Pink Floyd, Dead Meadow and The Doors. It's a little surprising, then, to learn that The Occasion don't hail from the misty, mysterious English countryside, or even from a creepy little hick town in middle America. Rather, they're from New York, a town that's supposed to produce bands full of skinny, cynical, VU-worshipping hipsters. Geographical trend-buckers The Occasion may be, but there's no question that their chosen band persona work...   [ read more ]

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