Naarm/Melbourne scene stalwarts Ocean Grove are back with a banger and some big news. As well as releasing the third single of their new era ‘RAINDROP’ (listen below), the enigmatic heavy-hitters have also announced the imminent release of their fourth studio album.
Dubbed ODDWORLD, in a nod to the creative universe of their Rhapsody Tapes-era roots, OG’s new record is slated to arrive on Friday, 22nd November.
Ocean Grove – ‘RAINDROP’
Produced by Ocean Grove’s own Sam Bassal along with creative and performative contributions from studio members Luke Holmes and Running Touch, ODDWORLD promises to traverse the entirety of the band’s sonic universe and beyond.
“It says it all in the title: ODDWORLD. This is Oddworld Music. Period,” frontman Dale Tanner shares in a press statement. “We’ve curtailed the attempts of outsiders who’ve tried to define our sound and pigeonhole our art for over a decade now. This is Ocean Grove’s signature-defining record, the benchmark from which all future sounds project and reflect. A journey back to our experimental, unconventional roots whilst forging full-blast into a new and fearless era.”
He continues: “The Oddworld Collective was in full force when writing and recording this album. For the first time in a while there was unfiltered and untamed collaboration between ALL the individuals who have, and ever will, define the Ocean Grove sound. The process of us all coming together and collaborating in the same room again was reminiscent of the early OG days when we worked on the Black Label EP and debut album The Rhapsody Tapes.
“There was a certain youthfulness and innocence that reignited when we all came together over the days and months creating ODDWORLD and this clearly coloured the musical output, reflecting the sonic and energetic influences that have inspired this band to make music all along,” Tanner reflects.
“It was a timely reminder, now as we are aging like fine wine, that we are our strongest, as mates and as musicians, when we are working as one. Coupled with a shared goal and void of distraction or interference from the outside world, ODDWORLD is both oddly familiar and uncharted territory, and ultimately something we’re all incredibly proud of.”
As for new single ‘RAINDROP’, the band’s latest offering is a slight divergence from the nu metal-inflected menace of their previous two offerings ‘FLY AWAY’ and ‘MY DISASTER’, featuring contributions from original frontman and studio member, Luke Holmes.
You can take it for a spin up above, or pre-order their new ODDWORLD LP here.
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