# Octopon

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Octopon
| type       = ep
| artist     = [Dark Stares](/source/Dark_Stares)
| cover      = Octopon (EP) - Dark Stares.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2013|07|01|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 2011–12 at<br>[Outhouse Studios](/source/John_Mitchell_(musician))<br><small>([Reading, Berkshire](/source/Reading%2C_Berkshire))</small>
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uberrock.co.uk/cd-reviews/27-july-cd/8655-dark-stares-octopon-ep-self-released.html|title=Dark Stares - ‘Octopon’ EP (Self Released)|date=2013-07-10|publisher=Uber Rock|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403083902/http://www.uberrock.co.uk/cd-reviews/27-july-cd/8655-dark-stares-octopon-ep-self-released.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| length     = {{duration|m=14|s=19}}
| label      = [AWAL](/source/AWAL)
| producer   = John Mitchell, Ben Humphreys, Dark Stares
| prev_title = Tell Your Friends
| prev_year  = 2012
| next_title = Soul Contract
| next_year  = 2014
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Octopon
 | type        = EP
 | single1     = Bad Machine
 | single1date = 1 October 2012
 | single2     = Shinigami
 | single2date = 8 December 2012
 | single3     = Steal Your Girl
 | single3date = 13 April 2013
 | single4     = Blackfyre
 | single4date = 3 May 2013
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = ''[Metal Hammer](/source/Metal_Hammer)''
|rev1score = (positive)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://en-gb.facebook.com/SaNpromotion/posts/576454649060601|title=SaN PR Facebook Post|date=2014-11-21|magazine=Metal Hammer}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[Rock Sound](/source/Rock_Sound)''
|rev2score = (positive)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/magazine/article/issue-177-summer-13|title=In the Magazine: Issue 177 - Summer 13 |date=2013-08-30|accessdate=2014-02-18|magazine=[Rock Sound](/source/Rock_Sound)}}</ref>
}}
'''''Octopon''''' is the second [extended play](/source/extended_play) by British [rock](/source/alternative_rock) band [Dark Stares](/source/Dark_Stares). The four track EP, self-[produced](/source/Record_producer) by the band with [John Mitchell](/source/John_Mitchell_(musician)) and Ben Humphreys, was released with [AWAL](/source/AWAL) on 1 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/octopon-ep/632802546|title= Octopon - EP - Dark Stares |date=2013-07-01|publisher=[iTunes](/source/iTunes)}}</ref> All tracks from ''Octopon'' were released as singles with b-sides in chronological order, as well as music videos for both "Bad Machine" and "Shinigami".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6FUrJnZU1E|title=Dark Stares - Bad Machine - OFFICIAL|date=2012-10-01|publisher=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbe4yFmn5u8|title=Dark Stares - Shinigami - OFFICIAL|date=2013-01-26|publisher=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}</ref>

In August 2013, ''Octopon'' was officially launched with [MAMA](/source/MAMA_%26_Company) at a headline show at the [Barfly](/source/Barfly_(club)) in [Camden, London](/source/Camden%2C_London), with support from Alexis Kings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mamacolive.com/thebarfly/listings/upcoming-events/8679/dark-stares-ep-launch/|title=Dark Stares EP Launch Plus Alexis Kings|date=2013-08-09|publisher=[MAMA & Company](/source/MAMA_%26_Company)|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222020428/http://mamacolive.com/thebarfly/listings/upcoming-events/8679/dark-stares-ep-launch/|archivedate=22 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In January 2014, opening track "Bad Machine" was aired live on ''[The Dave Fanning Show](/source/The_Dave_Fanning_Show)'' on [RTÉ 2fm](/source/RT%C3%89_2fm). It was announced as [U2](/source/U2) single "[Invisible](/source/Invisible_(U2_song))" as part of an admitted hoax by Fanning and [Bono](/source/Bono),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1367847.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222163917/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1367847.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2014|title=Mysterious ways of Dave Fanning hoax|date=2014-01-26|newspaper=[The Sunday Times](/source/The_Sunday_Times)}}</ref> after a three decade history of U2 single exclusives.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/bonos-best-friend-dave-fanning-lands-exclusive-29774171.html|title=Bono's best friend Dave Fanning lands exclusive|date=2014-11-21|newspaper=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)}}</ref> ''[Hot Press](/source/Hot_Press)'' compared "Bad Machine" favorably: "[It] could have been U2 getting noisy and industrial again a la '[Elevation](/source/Elevation_(U2_song))'".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/U2/news/Dave-Fanning-first-time-play-from-U2-turns-out-not-to-be-them/10882871.html|title=Dave Fanning 'first time play from U2' turns out not to be them|date=2014-01-17|magazine=[Hot Press](/source/Hot_Press)}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [Dark Stares](/source/Dark_Stares). All tracks produced by Dark Stares with John Mitchell and Ben Humphreys
| total_length = 14:19

| title1   = Bad Machine
| length1  = 3:08

| title2   = Shinigami
| length2  = 3:59

| title3   = Steal Your Girl
| length3  = 2:42

| title4   = Blackfyre
| length4  = 3:30
}}

==Personnel==
*Miles Kristian Howell – [lead vocals](/source/Lead_vocalist), [guitar](/source/guitar)
*Taylor Howell – [drums](/source/drums), [percussion](/source/percussion)
* Harry Collins – [lead guitar](/source/lead_guitar), [backing vocals](/source/backing_vocals)
* Brett Harland Howell – [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar), backing vocals

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Rock music}} 
*Dark Stares [https://web.archive.org/web/20150323212010/http://www.darkstares.com/ official website]

Category:2013 EPs

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