Music of the Day: October and the eyes - Public Image

October and the eyes is the one-woman-band musical pursuit of New Zealand born, London based musician October. Having moved half way across the world from a humble wine county in rural New Zealand to her new home in East London, October has remained true to her traditional isolated sensibilities by holing up in her East London flat for several months and writing a small collection of songs that can be described as dizzying, darkly kaleidoscopic, and dauntless above all. October, signed to KRO Records, is back with her brand new single 'Spiral'. October describes her musical style as ‘Collage-Rock’ (not the be confused with college rock). Pulling musical inspiration from the likes of Bauhaus, Bowie, Siouxsie Sioux and Suicide, she then squeezes her influences through the gauze of modernity and electronics, thus creating something entirely of her own. With nods to acid rock, psychobilly and post-punk, October and the eyes music is equal parts nostalgia-drenched as it is future forward, employing layers of ambient synth drones to anchor the crunched guitars and jagged organ parts.