Oh Yes, CARAVELS & OCTAVES are Releasing a Split EP & Touring EU Together

by Ryan Minic | Nov 25, 2014

This totally makes our week. Caravels and Octaves will not only be touring together overseas, but they’ll be putting out a split EP in January. If that doesn’t get your knickers in a twist, nothing will.

The upcoming EP will include four tracks, two from each band, and will be co-released by their respective labels, Topshelf Records and Bridge Nine, on January 20th.

Here’s a video for Octaves’ new track “Tom Petty Cash,” which appears on the split. Dates for their European trek are below.

Octaves & Caravels EU Tour dates:

Jan 14 Darmstadt, GER @ Oetinger Villa
Jan 15 Schaffhausen, CHE @ Taptab
Jan 16 Innsbruck, AUT @ PMK
Jan 17 Schio, ITA @ C.s.a. Arcadia
Jan 18 Vienna, AUT @ EKH
Jan 19 Pilsen, CZE @ Divadlo Pod Lampou
Jan 20 Berlin, GER @ Tiefgrund
Jan 21 Chemnitz, CHE @ AC17
Jan 22 Goettingen, GER @ T-Keller
Jan 23 Utrecht, NLD @ ACU
Jan 24 Rouen, FRA @ Emporium Galorium
Jan 26 Portsmouth, UK @ Edge On The Wedge
Jan 28 London, UK @ The Black Heart
Jan 30 Dendermonde, BEL @ JH Zenith
Jan 31 Cologne, GER @ Privat

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