This is where I betray the fact that I've been living in a tree for the past decade or so.
Who is October Project. That's okay...I've always been a decade or so behind myself. I didn't even know who the Smiths were till people started telling me in 1993 that I sounded like Morrissey, who I had never heard of either. October Project put out a self titled debut album in the mid-late 90's. The cover had a little kid trickortreating with a mask(bag) over his head. They had a nice sound with really beautiful vocals, lush arrangements, short melodic love songs...they did tend to sound alot alike but they were good songs, I liked the general sound they were getting and it was definately an impressive debut even if it sounded somewhat crafted. I suppose though, ultimately they weren't able to really go anywhere with it as their second album was much worse, sounding like a rehashed version of the prior one. Victor