Theft of October

Location: Kotor, Montenegro

Year active: 2013 - 2016

Members: Denis Balavac, Luka Jovanovic

Related bands: Chandlers Oak, Moa Loni, Snow Creation & Trumpetman, Wow Tea Sticks.

FFO: American Football, Algernon Cadwallader, TWIABP, Modest Mouse, Sunny Day Real Estate

I cannot believe that this is the only band that i've found from Montenegro. It all just makes this archiving task much more nerve wracking and complicated! Which is why i'm lucky to have finally found it.

Not even that, i also managed to track down one of the members, Denis and asked him for more information about Theft of October.

From what i gathered, it used to be a solo project founded by Luka (who also founded the name) and Denis was in college at the time. One day, Denis met Luka and asked if he was doing anything new, Luka decidedly showed him the tracks and he was totally enthused, thus joining the band and they started recording together.

It would all go well, until eventually, Luka decided to part ways with Denis, making him the sole member of Theft of October.

During the active years, he recorded a self-titled demo EP (released in 2013, but discogs stated it was released in 2015 for some reason) and Fears (2016) before finally calling off.

To think that this is not the only project Denis had ever done, as he has experiences in bands/projects such as Chandlers Oak, Moa Loni, Snow Creation & Trumpetman, Wow Tea Sticks.

When i think of Theft of October's music, i think of dreamy, mathy, eclectic and sentimental piece of music one can find. Sweet sounding guitar work, uncommon time signatures and impressive emotional vocal work. It's also worth noting the instrumental works such as this piano laden piece "God In Me" and its guitar laden continuation of some untitled track (no tracklisting was provided anywhere) that are definitely worth listening to. Although the former has some cheap production, it still has a lot of heart and effort put into it.

It is a rarity, particularly for bands like this to be into math rock, as it's one of the most complex subgenres.  Theft of October manages to exceed itself and, of course not step into the twinkle daddies territory. It is just so soothing and inviting to the fullest.

Their bandcamp is unfortunately defunct. You can find them on YouTube here:

Or, download their discography here.