If you ever thought music and lacoperons were incompatible, Tufts senior Jonathan Fricchione is here to prove you wrong. Both a musician and a biology major, Jon has made his mark on the Tufts community as a frequent performer and a young scientist.
Music has always been a fixture in Fricchione's life, despite the immense time commitment his studies require.
"I've been writing and recording music since I've really had the means to, I guess even since before I had the means to," he said.
Producing music is mostly a pastime for Fricchione, but the music he has posted to his website, OctoberSurpriseMusic.com, has garnered him some fame. Once, a Swedish blog reviewed an album he posted and gave an amusingly colorful review.
"It was very descriptive," he said, laughing.
"They said it was as if Radiohead and DevendraBanhart grew up together in a drafty shed near Boston."
Though Fricchione primarily associates with October Surprise, a band he formed with his friend Conor Garrison in high school, he also produces some experimental electronic music a under the moniker Intranational.
"That's just me making beats I put out every once in a while," Fricchione said about the side project.
October Surprise isn't very active right now, so Fricchione has instead been doing some music-making on his own. He played a solo set in the Tufts Songwriters Night, presented by the Tufts Musicians collective on Oct. 21, and played a set with the Dirty River String Band at the Crafts House on Oct. 28.
Shame on those who thought fieldwork and indie rock had nothing in common.
