The Observatory (band)

The Observatory is a rock band based in Singapore, primarily composed of musicians from 1990s Singaporean bands. The band was formed in 2001 and performed for the first time in December 2002 at the Baybeats Music Festival.

The band has released eight albums since their formation: Time of Rebirth (2004), Blank Walls (2005), A Far Cry From Here (2007), Dark Folke (2009), Catacombs (2012), Oscilla (2014), Continuum (2015), and August is the Cruellest (2016). They have performed in Norway, Italy, Japan, France, Germany, and Singapore. They have headlined regional music events in Malaysia, Thailand, and South Korea, including the MTV Pattaya Music Festival, Heineken Fat Festival Bangkok, St Jerome's Laneway Festival, and the Seoul Fringe Festival.

The Observatory is the subject of The Obs: A Singapore Story, a crowd-funded experimental music documentary. The film premiered at the Singapore International Film Festival in December 2014, and was later screened at the CINEDAYS Festival of European Film in Macedonia, the DORF Film Festival in Croatia, and the Bare Bones International Music and Film Festival in the United States.