The Telephone Projects is a one-man band that seems to revel in cracks and flaws. Made up of one Brennon Gage, of San Diego, the project seems to mostly revolve around Gage and his Casiotone, churning out vaguely miserablist indie pop with a tongue-in-cheek attitude of carefree defiance. Gage proudly announces that his recent four-song EP was written and recorded in two weeks, just to see if he could do it. The modest release comes with a promise that a film adaptation is to follow. Mostly, the Telephone Projects is like a game of playing chicken with lo-fi technology, replete with cassette releases and murky music videos (Gage thanks his friends for helping him make such an "awful" video). In addition to his solo project, Gage will be performing with another band of his, the gothy Witch Prayer.

THE TELEPHONE PROJECTS, w/ Witch Prayer, Apollo Ried Sygmund, Follies and Vices, 7 p.m., Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, cover tba, 360.943.5710