Ocean Grove Announce New Album “ODDWORLD”

OCEAN GROVE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ODDWORLD OUT NOVEMBER 22 VIA SHARPTONE

RELEASE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “RAINDROP”

Reigniting their roots while stepping dauntlessly into a new era, Melbourne’s Ocean Grove have announced their fourth studio album ODDWORLD, due out on November 22 via ODDWORLD Records in Australia and SharpTone Records for the rest of the world. Pre-order it here.

Recently showcasing insatiable creativity and a renewed sonic identity via the nu metal-soaked singles “FLY AWAY” and “MY DISASTER,” ODDWORLD is ultimately a celebration of Ocean Grove’s endless capacity for staunch innovation and sharp execution.

The band follows with release of the video for the buoyant new single “RAINDROP.” Watch it here.

Diverting from the nu metal tendencies of its predecessors, “RAINDROP” radiates shadowy exuberance alongside the creative and vocal additions courtesy of Ocean Grove studio member Luke Holmes.

“‘RAINDROP’ was forged in a very ‘Tapes’ kind of way i.e. the ‘Oddworld Collective’ got in the studio and fused multiple ideas from multiple members together until we struck magic,” shares vocalist Dale Tanner. “Blending Twiggy’s melancholy demo with Sam’s hyperactive production style, the track is definitely an outlier on the album for its dark-meets-playful energy and we’re pretty pumped to play this one live.”

Tanner continues, “We wanted to further cement the ‘OG Collective’ with the ‘RAINDROP’ visuals, highlighting the creative and vocal contributions of studio member Luke ‘Poochy’ Holmes. Knowing that we had full creative license (as always) to depart from the fast-paced, action-based style of the previous two music videos we instead opted for a slow-mo, off the wall visualizer. The dissonance of the dark lyrical undertone met with the upbeat music was something we especially wanted to exaggerate with this clip.”

ODDWORLD TRACK LISTING:
“OG FOREVER”
“CELL DIVISION”
“FLY AWAY”
“STUNNER”
“RAINDROP”
“NO OFFENCE DETECTED”
“MY DISASTER”
“LAST DANCE”
“SOWHAT1999”
“OTP” (Feat. New Babylon + Adult Art Club)

“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. 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.”

“Creating ODDWORLD was an exercise of capturing and flowing with energy and emotions,” adds Luke Holmes. “Small snippets of songs, whether a riff, chorus, melody, or bassline were absorbed into the OG brain matter and took control. ODDWORLD spans as many of these mind states, as it does genres. I think the album, for the most part, sits in the stasis of mourning the loss of something you never had and accepting the beauty of being doomed.”

“I entered into this project with the mindset that I was a conduit to express the dark experimentalism of the Oddworld. Proudly, I can say that when I worked with Sam in the studio and closely collaborating with Twiggy, Dale, and Running Touch we were successful in firstly loving the creative process, and secondly delving deeper into our psyche to better paint a picture of life in the Oddworld.”